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THIS IS Jeopardy
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With Your Host... YOUR Teacher
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Jeopardy Colonial America American Revolution Native Americans A New Nation Westward Expansion Exploration 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
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Led the first European expedition to reach the Mississippi River
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Who was Hernando do Soto?
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Captain of the first English ship to cross the Atlantic
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Who was John Cabot? A 200
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The European explorer who first crossed Central America into what is now know as the Pacific Ocean
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Who was Balboa? A 300
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While trying to find a northern path to Europe and Asia, he found what is present day New York
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Who was Henry Hudson? A 400
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Name one of the areas of conflict between Europeans and Native Americans
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What was land, competition for trade, disease, culture, or language?
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These Native Americans lived in Northern Canada and Alaska
B 100
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Who are the Inuit? B 100
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This Native American group used animal hides to make tepees
B 200
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Who are the Plains Indians?
B 200
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Reindeer, igloo, animal fur and feathers, fishing, and Arctic are clue words for this Native American group B 300
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Who are the Inuit? B 300
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Northwest coast, plank houses, seafood, and cedar are clue words for this Native American group
B 400
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Who are the Kwakiutl? B 400
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Plants, hides, fur, plateau are clue words for this Native American group
B 500
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Who are the Nez Perce? B 500
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The three colonial regions of the United States
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What are New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern?
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Fishing and ship building were important economic activities in this colonial region
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What is New England? C 200
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Livestock and grain were important economic activities in this colonial region
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What is the Mid-Atlantic?
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DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
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The major difference between slaves and indentured servants
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What is slaves were owned for life and indentured servants were free at the end of their contract?
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This event led to England taxing the American colonies
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What was the French and Indian War?
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The first armed conflict of the American Revolution
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What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
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Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led colonial patriots to dump tea into the harbor during this event
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What was the Boston Tea Party?
D 200
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This battle was considered to be a major turning point for the colonial forces in the American Revolution D 300
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What was the Battle of Saratoga?
D 300
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This action of Great Britain was a cause of American Colonists declaring independence
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What was taxation without representation?
D 400
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The last major battle of the American Revolution
D 500
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What was the Battle of Yorktown?
D 500
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Provided people with a written guarantee of individual rights
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What is the Bill of Rights?
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The three branches of government created by the Constitution
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What are the executive, judicial, and legislative branches?
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The document that established a weak national government with only one branch
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What was the Articles of Confederation?
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The idea to split Congress into two houses with different means of representation
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What was the Great Compromise?
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It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D. C
It was during this war that British troops invaded Washington, D.C. and set fire to the White House E 500
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What was the War of 1812? E 500
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This doubled the size of the United States
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What was the Louisiana Purchase?
F 100
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Led the exploration of the territory acquired by the Louisiana Purchase
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Who were Lewis and Clark?
F 200
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A gold rush in the late 1840’s caused thousands of people to move to this present-day state
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What is California? F 300
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The trail that settlers from the East took as they traveled westward
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What is the Oregon Trail?
F 400
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In order for U.S. expansion to continue, what group of people was removed during Jackson’s administration? F 500
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Who were Native Americans?
F 500
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Suffrage Movement The Final Jeopardy Category is:
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Helped start the National Woman Suffrage Association and served as president Click on screen to continue
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Who was Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
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