Jeopardy Trans. Railroad Great Plains Cowboys and Miners War with NA Vocab Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Trans. Railroad What is the transcontinental railroad?

$100 Answer Trans. Railroad A railroad that crosses a continent

$200 Question Trans. Railroad Name the two companies that began building the transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

$200 Answer Trans. Railroad Central Pacific Union Pacific

$300 Question from Trans. Railroad The Union Pacific began building track ________ from Omaha, Nebraska

$300 Answer from Trans. Railroad West

$400 Question from Trans. Railroad The Central Pacific began building ________ from Sacramento, California

$400 Answer from Trans. Railroad East

$500 Question from Trans. Railroad Where did both tracks meet?

$500 Answer from Trans. Railroad Promontory Point, Utah

$100 Question from Great Plains What is a pioneer?

$100 Answer from Great Plains A settler (moves from one place to another)

$200 Question from Great Plains In order to encourage people to move to the Great Plains, the U.S. decided to create the:

$200 Answer from Great Plains Homestead Act Bonus: a person who claimed land under The Homestead Act is called a:

$300 Question from Great Plains Name for African Americans who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War

$300 Answer from Great Plains Exodusters

$400 Question from Great Plains Describe life as a pioneer

$400 Answer from Great Plains 1.Built houses out of sod 2.Hot summers, cold winters 3.Droughts 4.Grasshopper invasions

$500 Question from Great Plains What are the requirements of the Homestead Act?

$500 Answer from Great Plains 1. Man over 21 or widowed woman 2. Live and farm the land for 5 years 3. Pay a $10 fee

$100 Question from Cowboys and Miners Where did cattle drives begin?

$100 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Texas

$200 Question from Cowboys and Miners What would cowboys do to keep the cattle calm at night?

$200 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Sing

$300 Question from Cowboys and Miners What is the name of the people who rushed to California during the Gold Rush?

$300 Answer from Cowboys and Miners 49ers

$400 Question from Cowboys and Miners The gold rush created opportunities for ____________________ because they were able to start businesses for a profit.

$400 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Entrepreneurs

$500 Question from Cowboys and Miners ___________ turned into ______________ when the gold ran out and people moved to other places.

$500 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Boomtowns turned to ghost towns

$100 Question from N.A. Conflict Land set aside by the U.S. for Native Americans

$100 Answer from N.A. Conflict Reservation

$200 Question from N.A. Conflict Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn at first?

$200 Answer from N.A. Conflict Native Americans

$300 Question from N.A. Conflict He and his tribe tried to run away to Canada, but were stopped right before the border.

$300 Answer from N.A. Conflict Chief Joseph

$400 Question from N.A. Conflict Colonel who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn

$400 Answer from N.A. Conflict George Custer

$500 Question from N.A. Conflict Describe what happened to the Lakota tribe after they moved to the Black Hills

$500 Answer from N.A. Conflict 1.Made a treaty with the U.S. 2.Moved to the Black Hills 3.Gold was found in the Black Hills 4.U.S. wanted the land back, but Sitting Bull refused 5. Led to the Battle of Little Bighorn

$100 Question from Vocab Service in 1860 that used riders on horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California

$100 Answer from Vocab Pony Express

$200 Question from Vocab Device that sent messages through wires using electricity.

$200 Answer from Vocab Telegraph

$300 Question from Vocab Inventor of blue jeans

$300 Answer from Vocab Levi Strauss

$400 Question from Vocab Way cowboys moved large herds of cattle from Texas to the East

$400 Answer from Vocab Cattle Drives

$500 Question from Vocab A farmer who cuts through sod before planting crops

$500 Answer from Vocab Sodbuster

Final Jeopardy Pioneers referred to the Great Plains by another name. What was that name?

Final Jeopardy Answer Great American Desert

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