Jeopardy
Inventors
Battle!
Cattle
Industry
Misc.
Indian
Conflict
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from Inventors
What city and state did the Wright Brothers
achieve their famous flight?
$100 Answer from Inventors
Kitty Hawk, NC
$200 Question from Inventors
What are two effects of the Wright
Brothers’ first flight?
$200 Answer from Inventors
The Wright Brothers got a lot of people
interested in flying. Their flight was the
start of commercial airlines and people
being able to travel faster and easier.
$300 Question from Inventors
What was the importance of George Washington
Carver and his inventions?
$300 Answer from Inventors
George Washington Carver invented over 300
peanut products. His inventions were important
b/c he was able to teach poor farmers in the South
new crops to grow.
$400 Question from Inventors
What were two effects of Edison’s light
bulb?
$400 Answer from Inventors
As a result of Edison’s invention, stores were able to
be lit and stay open later. Businesses grew because
of this. People could light their
homes with a lot less risk.
$500 Question from Inventors
Who invented the telephone and what
were two effects of the invention?
$500 Answer from Inventors
Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. Due
to this invention, people at home and at work could
communicate easier and faster.
$100 Question from Battle!
Who was the leader of the US Army
troop that tried to run the Lakota
off their land?
$100 Answer from Battle!
General George Custer
$200 Question from Battle!
What was the name of the battle
that occurred between the Lakota
Indian tribe and the US Army?
$200 Answer from Battle!
The Battle of Little Bighorn
$300 Question from Battle!
What happened in the Battle of Little Bighorn?
$300 Answer from Battle!
The US Army led by General Custer tried to run
the Lakota off their sacred land in the Black Hills.
the Lakota tribe defended their land and attacked
the army troops. Gen. Custer and his army were
defeated and killed.
$400 Question from Battle!
What was the other name that the Battle of Little
Bighorn was called?
$400 Answer from Battle!
Custer’s Last Stand
$500 Question from Battle!
Who were the two leaders that led the Lakota during
The Battle of Little Bighorn?
$500 Answer from Battle!
Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
$100 Question from Cattle Industry
What are the Chisholm and the
Great Western Trail?
$100 Answer from Cattle Industry
Both are commonly used cattle trails.
$200 Question from Cattle Industry
Why did cowhands start driving cattle to the
North?
$200 Answer from Cattle Industry
Cattle started being driven up North because there
was a big demand for beef and leather up North
and in the South, cows were cheap and abundant.
$300 Question from Cattle Industry
Name three reasons why cowhands had a tough
job.
$300 Answer from Cattle Industry
Cowhands had a long, tough journey driving
cattle to the railheads. They traveled through
extreme weather conditions, it could be boring
work, and there was risk of stampedes.
$400 Question from Cattle Industry
Who were the Black Cowboys of Texas?
$400 Answer from Cattle Industry
The Black Cowboys of Texas were former slaves that
were left behind to take care of the cattle when their
owners went off to war. They were very skilled cowhands.
$500 Question from Cattle Industry
What were three reasons why the cattle drive
came to an end?
$500 Answer from Cattle Industry
The cattle drive came to an end because
barbed wire was invented and started
blocking many cattle trails, more railroads
were being built, grazing grass was
disappearing, and freezing cold temps killed
many cattle.
$100 Question from Misc.
What are railheads and what do they
have to do with the cattle drive?
$100 Answer from Misc.
Railheads were towns where railroads
began or ended. In a cattle drive,
cowhands drove cattle to railheads to
load them into railcars to go North.
$200 Question from Misc.
What are two personality qualities that you think inventors
must have?
$200 Answer from Misc.
Answers will vary.
$300 Question from Misc.
What are vaqueros?
$300 Answer from Misc.
Vaqueros were Mexican cowhands
that were very skilled at what they did,
but were discriminated against.
$400 Question from Misc.
Why did the U.S. government try and assimilate
the Native Americans?
$400 Answer from Misc.
The government was tired of all the
conflicts with the Native Americans so
they tried to change their culture.
$500 Question from Misc.
Name two groups of people that were discriminated
against back in the time of Westward Expansion.
$500 Answer from Misc.
The black cowboys and native
americans
$100 Question from Indian
Conflict
What animal in the west did the
Indians depend on for food, clothing,
and tools?
$100 Answer from Indian
Conflict
The buffalo
$200 Question from Indian
Conflict
What is an Indian reservation?
$200 Answer from Indian
Conflict
Reservations are small plots of land
that the government set aside for Indians
to live on.
$300 Question from Indian
Conflict
What were some reasons why the
buffalo were dying out of the West?
$300 Answer from Indian
Conflict
The buffalo were dying out because
settlers were killing them for sport,
and railroads and people were
interfering with their habitat.
$400 Question from Indian
Conflict
What are two reasons why the Indians
had a hard time adjusting to life
on the reservations?
$400 Answer from Indian
Conflict
The reservations were so small and
they were used to roaming larger
areas of land. Also, they were not used
to farming and there were no buffalo to hunt.
$500 Question from Indian
Conflict
How were Indians assimilated into American life?
$500 Answer from Indian
Conflict
The government made following their
religion, speaking their language, and
wearing their traditional clothing
illegal.
Final Jeopardy
Name three ways the U.S. expanded, or changed,
during the time
period we have been studying.
Final Jeopardy Answer
During this period, the U.S. grew
through new technology and inventions.
Indians were forced to move onto reservations
to make room for western settlers.