Author: Matt Hamlyn (original) and Tom Duggan (modifications for ETTC) Publisher: New Jersey Department of Education, Union County Educational Technology Training Center (ETTC) Available at: "Templates," ETTC, ml/templates/template.htm Jeopardy Template Source

Modifications for use with TN Standards Modified for NEMS 6 th Grade Social Studies

1.Add picture of host? 2.Type in category headings, "answers," and "questions." 3.If desired, move the daily double slides (right before any "answer" slides), also changing the hyperlinks from the boards. 4.Run the show. Host and category headings are timed slides. 5.Click on unvisited dollar values on the board to reveal "answers." Instructions 6.If a daily double shows up, wait for the wager and then advance the show. 7.After contestant responds, reveal a correct "question" by advancing the show. 8.Click anywhere on "question" slides to return to the board. 9.Use the star button on the board to go on to next phase of game. 10.For Final Jeopardy, reveal the category, wait for wagers, and then advance the show.

put host here Manifest Destiny

Andrew Jackson 1

Andrew Jackson 2

Mormons

Texas Revolution

Mexican American War

California Gold Rush

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Nullification and Secession are examples of these type of rights

States’ Rights

This was the name given to the controversy over Jackson’s loss to John Quincy Adams

corrupt bargain

This state threatened to secede from the Union if forced to pay “illegal” tariffs

South Carolina

This constitutional article/principle was at the heart of the nullification controversy

The Supremacy Law

The reason Jackson didn’t win the election of 1824 is because he didn’t win half of this

Electoral Vote

This president’s “common man” background ensured his popularity

Andrew Jackson

This political party accused Jackson of abusing the spoils system

National Republicans

This is the reason South Carolina backed down from its threat of secession

The threat of U.S. forces to see federal laws obeyed

This was the argument Jackson made against the Bank of the United States

He felt that it excluded ordinary U.S. citizens

This is a government permit to operate a Bank of the United States

charter

Members of a church founded by Joseph Smith in 1830

Mormons

He led Mormon migration to the Great Salt Lake area

Brigham Young

He founded the Mormon Church

Joseph Smith J

This is where the Mormons settled in the west

The Great Salt Lake in Utah

The reason the Mormons left Illinois to go west

They wanted to live where they could safely practice their religion

The term given to the belief that it was America’s fate to expand its borders across the continent from ocean to ocean

Manifest Destiny

He commanded the Texan army in the Texas Revolution

Sam Houston

Texan forces were defeated at this battle

Battle of the Alamo

Santa Anna was captured at this battle

Battle of San Jacinto

Texas chose him as their president after they won independence from Mexico

Sam Houston

These were James K. Polk’s war plans/goals for the Mexican-American War

Capture Mexico City, drive Mexicans out of the disputed border area, and seize California

This was the initial cause of war between the United States and Mexico

Mexico’s attack on General Taylor’s forces in a disputed border area

This was the amount the United States paid Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

$15 million

This is what the United States insisted was the border between the United States and Mexico

Rio Grande River

This was the significance of the Wilmot Proviso

It showed a growing movement among the northern states to limit the spread of slavery

This event in 1848 had long lasting effects on California’s economy

Discovery of gold

This was the largest single migration in American history

Forty-niners to California

This was the location where gold was discovered in 1848.

Sutter’s Mill in California

This ethnic group established laundries and opened shops and restaurants after the Gold Rush ended

Chinese immigrants

These groups made huge profits during the California Gold Rush

Boomtown merchants

Mexican American War

He commanded the American Army that captured Mexico City and had the nickname ‘Old Fuss and Feathers’.

General Winfield Scott