Jeopardy! Standard V A The student will understand the concepts and developments of the late 19 th to the early 20 th centuries.

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JEOPARDY! Moving West Western Settlement Issues Miscellaneous Indian Issues Late 19 th Century Industry

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Answer  In the late 1800’s, in what region did most of the battles between the settlers and Native Americans take place?  The West

Answer  What were the four most important inventions of the 1800’s that promoted settlement of the Midwest?  Steel Plow….  Cast-Iron Windmill…  Mechanical Reaper…  Barbed Wire

Answer  What did new farm inventions in the 1800’s, such as harvesters and threshers, result in?  An increase in the production of crops

Answer  What political party was formed in the 1890’s to promote the goals of electoral reform and the regulation of big business?  The Populist Party

Answer  What problems arose during the development of the railroads?  Corrupt management of the railroad system…  The exploitation of farmers…  Dangerous working conditions for railroad workers

Answer  What type of farming existed in Alabama and other southern states that gave part of the crop as payment for work done?  Sharecropping

Answer  In the 1800’s, Alabama’s cotton crops were destroyed so badly that farmers were forced to diversify their crops. What destroyed the crops?  Boll Weevils

Answer  What was the name of the organization that was formed by farmers who pooled their resources to buy machinery?  The Grange

Answer  Why did western settlers clear forest land and kill off buffalo?  To settle the western land

Answer  What animal did Native Americans use for food and clothing?  Buffalo

Answer  What process used hot air to purify steel and produce it faster?  Bessemer Process

Answer  What invention is John Deere associated with?  Steel Plow

Answer  What invention led to the end of the open- range in the West?  Barbed wire

Answer  Where was General Custer killed?  Little Big Horn

Answer  What ritual did the Sioux Indians believe would bring back the buffalo and restore their land?  The Ghost Dance

Answer  What is the name of the part of Alabama characterized by large areas of fertile, black soil?  Black Belt

Answer  What term describes the belief that the U.S. had a God-given right to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?  Manifest Destiny

Answer  What term describes the belief that Native Americans should adopt European customs and beliefs?  Assimilation

Answer  What act required that Native Americans adopt a policy of assimilation?  The Dawes Act

Answer  Where did the slaughter of Sioux men, women, and children occur by U.S. Army soldiers who were trying to arrest Sitting Bull?  Battle of Wounded Knee

Answer  Name the economic theory that allows individuals to use both gold and silver as currency.  Bimetallism

Answer  What type of currency did the Populist Party of the late 1800’s favor using?  Greenbacks

Answer  What term identified African American soldiers who fought on the western frontier against Native Americans?  Buffalo Soldiers Daily Double!!!

Answer  Why were standard time zones created?  To make the railroad system run more smoothly

Answer  What groups of immigrants were used as workers on the transcontinental railroad?  Chinese and Irish

Answer  What was the main reason railroad lines were built in sparsely populated parts of Alabama?  To support the coal and iron industries

Answer  What decreased the number of agricultural workers in the late 1800’s?  An increase in the number of factories in the U.S.

Answer  Before the passage of the 19 th amendment, in what area of the country did women have the most voting rights?  Western states

Answer  How did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle affect society?  It led to an increase in government protection of consumers Daily Double!!!

Answer  What agricultural researcher at Tuskegee Institute created crops that helped farmers in the South?  George Washington Carver