2. 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

3. $100 Question Trans. Railroad What is the transcontinental railroad?

4. $100 Answer Trans. Railroad A railroad that crosses a continent

5. $200 Question Trans. Railroad Name the two companies that began building the transcontinental railroad in the U.S.

6. $200 Answer Trans. Railroad Central Pacific Union Pacific

7. $300 Question from Trans. Railroad The Union Pacific began building track ________ from Omaha, Nebraska

8. $300 Answer from Trans. Railroad West

9. $400 Question from Trans. Railroad The Central Pacific began building ________ from Sacramento, California

10. $400 Answer from Trans. Railroad East

11. $500 Question from Trans. Railroad Where did both tracks meet?

12. $500 Answer from Trans. Railroad Promontory Point, Utah

13. $100 Question from Great Plains What is a pioneer?

14. $100 Answer from Great Plains A settler (moves from one place to another)

15. $200 Question from Great Plains In order to encourage people to move to the Great Plains, the U.S. decided to create the:

16. $200 Answer from Great Plains Homestead Act

17. $300 Question from Great Plains Name for African Americans who moved to the Great Plains after the Civil War

18. $300 Answer from Great Plains Exodusters

19. $400 Question from Great Plains Describe life as a pioneer

20. $400 Answer from Great Plains 1.Built houses out of sod 2.Hot summers, cold winters 3.Droughts 4.Grasshopper invasions

21. $500 Question from Great Plains What are the requirements of the Homestead Act?

22. $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

23. $100 Question from Cowboys and Miners Where did cattle drives begin?

24. $100 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Texas

25. $200 Question from Cowboys and Miners What would cowboys do to keep the cattle calm at night?

26. $200 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Sing

27. $300 Question from Cowboys and Miners What is the name of the people who rushed to California during the Gold Rush?

28. $300 Answer from Cowboys and Miners 49ers

29. $400 Question from Cowboys and Miners The gold rush created opportunities for ____________________ because they were able to start businesses for a profit.

30. $400 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Entrepreneurs

31. $500 Question from Cowboys and Miners ___________ turned into ______________ when the gold ran out and people moved to other places.

32. $500 Answer from Cowboys and Miners Boomtowns turned to ghost towns

33. $100 Question from N.A. Conflict Land set aside by the U.S. for Native Americans

34. $100 Answer from N.A. Conflict Reservation

35. $200 Question from N.A. Conflict Who won the Battle of Little Bighorn at first?

36. $200 Answer from N.A. Conflict Native Americans

37. $300 Question from N.A. Conflict He and his tribe tried to run away to Canada, but were stopped right before the border.

38. $300 Answer from N.A. Conflict Chief Joseph

39. $400 Question from N.A. Conflict Colonel who was killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn

40. $400 Answer from N.A. Conflict George Custer

41. $500 Question from N.A. Conflict Describe what happened to the Lakota tribe after they moved to the Black Hills

42. $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

43. $100 Question from Vocab Service in 1860 that used riders on horses to deliver mail from Missouri to California

44. $100 Answer from Vocab Pony Express

45. $200 Question from Vocab Device that sent messages through wires using electricity.

46. $200 Answer from Vocab Telegraph

47. $300 Question from Vocab Inventor of blue jeans

48. $300 Answer from Vocab Levi Strauss

49. $400 Question from Vocab Way cowboys moved large herds of cattle from Texas to the East

50. $400 Answer from Vocab Cattle Drives

51. $500 Question from Vocab A farmer who cuts through sod before planting crops

52. $500 Answer from Vocab Sodbuster

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

54. Final Jeopardy Answer Great American Desert