Western Expansion Jeopardy
LA
Lewis &
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Purchase Clark Acquisitions West
Indian
Removal
Maps
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LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 100
• This president supported the
purchase of the Louisiana
Territory
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 200
• The name of the leader and the
country selling the Louisiana
Territory
• Who is Napoleon Bonaparte of
France?
LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 300
• Name two arguments used FOR
making the purchase.
What are:
• Gave Westerners access to New Orleans /
Mississippi River
• Removing hostile French as neighbors
• Doubling the size of the U.S.
Define “right of deposit”.
Can store trading goods at the port.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 400
• Name two arguments used
AGAINST making the purchase.
What are:
• Territory was unexplored
• High price
• Impact on Federalists
(see LA Purchase for $600)
Price?
$15 million.
LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 500
• Describe the constitutional issue
and resolution surrounding the
Purchase.
Issue: Power to purchase foreign land
not written in constitution
Resolution: Create and ratify a treaty
LOUISIANA PURCHASE for 600
• The Federalist party opposed
the Purchase for this reason.
• What is potential shift in power
from industrial East to West (as
more farmers settle in West).
LEWIS & CLARK for 100
• The American Indian who acted
as interpreter and guide.
• Who is Sacagawea (or Sacajawea)?
Her tribe and their location?
Shoshone / near Rocky Mts.
LEWIS & CLARK for 200
• This President authorized the
expedition.
• Who is President Thomas
Jefferson?
LEWIS & CLARK for 300
• The city and river that were the
starting point for the expedition.
• What are St. Louis, Missouri
and the Missouri River?
LEWIS & CLARK for 400
• Name two goals / purposes for
the expedition.
What are
• Mapping the territory
• Finding water route to Pacific ocean
• Documenting plants / animals in territory
• Learning about / recording interactions with
Native American tribes
LEWIS & CLARK for 500
• Name 2 problems with the
expedition
• no water route; mountains;
waterfalls, hostile tribes
LEWIS & CLARK for 600
• Name 2 successes of the
expedition
• learn plants/animals; map;
friendly tribes; opened the West
for settlement; made it to the
Pacific
ACQUISITIONS for 100
• This piece of land was purchased
in 1853 to build a railroad from
the West
• What is the Gadsden
Purchase?
From what country and at what cost?
From Mexico for $10 million.
ACQUISITIONS for 200
• This land area was attached by
an act of Congress in 1845.
• What is Texas?
Taken from what country and at what cost?
Mexico / war
ACQUISITIONS for 300
• He was president when we
negotiated for the Oregon
Territory in 1846.
• Who is James K. Polk?
With what country and at what cost?
With Great Britain; no cost.
ACQUISITIONS for 400
• This treaty resulted in the U.S.
adding Florida to its territory in
1819.
• The Adams-Onís Treaty
From what country and at what cost?
From Spain; $5million in potential damage claims.
ACQUISITIONS for 500
• This was established as the
border between Canada (British
territory) and the United States.
• What is 49° N latitude?
To what two acquisitions did this border apply?
Red River Basin (1818) and Oregon (1846).
ACQUISITIONS for 600
• This 1848 treaty ended the
Mexican-American War and
resulted in the “Mexican Cession”
territory being added to the U.S.
• What is the Guadalupe-Hidalgo
Treaty? What price was paid for the territory?
What is $15m.
MOVING WEST for 100
• This was the preferred animal
for pulling wagons to the West.
• What are oxen?
Three reasons?
•Stronger
•Ate available plants
•Indians less likely to steal
MOVING WEST for 200
• These three groups were used as
workers building the railroads.
Who are:
• Civil War Union Army veterans
• Chinese immigrants
• Irish immigrants Group honored at finish and why.
Chinese: hardworking /
quick learners
MOVING WEST for 300
• People who moved West in
search of gold were called this.
• What are 49ers?
The person who described the gold
fields as “plentiful as mud.”
Horace Greeley
MOVING WEST for 400
• These people got to keep the land
if they farmed it for 5 years.
• Who are homesteaders?
Two materials used as fuel by homesteaders.
Buffalo/cow “chips” (dung); sunflower stalks,
weeds, sticks.
MOVING WEST for 500
• The Transcontinental Railroad
was completed on this date and
at this place.
• What is May 10, 1869 at
Promontory Point, Utah?
Impact of Transcontinental Railroad.
Sold land to settlers; easier to settle and
transport goods/people; unified country;
created towns
MOVING WEST for 600
• The name of the founder of the
Mormon religion.
• Who is Joseph Smith?
Reason for Mormons moving to Salt Lake Valley.
Practice their religion without interference.
INDIAN REMOVAL for 100
• This president supported the
Indian Removal Act in 1830.
• Who is Andrew Jackson?
Explain the Act.
Gave president power to negotiate treaties with Native
American tribes to give up their land in the east in
exchange for land in the west OR be forced to move.
INDIAN REMOVAL for 200
• Two reasons why white Americans
supported removing American Indians
from the eastern U.S.
• Wanted Native American land
• Thought Native Americans would be
better off away from whites
• Didn’t think United States would extend
beyond Mississippi River
INDIAN REMOVAL for 300
• What the Cherokees did to protect
their rights / declare themselves a
sovereign nation?
• What is adopted a constitution?
INDIAN REMOVAL for 400
• This treaty was signed by Cherokees
who were not recognized as leaders
of the Cherokee tribe.
• What is the Treaty of New Echota?
Impact of the treaty.
Cherokees were forced to give up their land;
led to the “Trail of Tears” march.
INDIAN REMOVAL for 500
• This Cherokee woman died of
pneumonia after giving up her
blanket for a sick child.
• Who is the wife of Cherokee
Chief John Ross?
Number dead reported per “stop” along trail.
14-15 Native Americans.
INDIAN REMOVAL for 600
• Three examples of hardships
faced by Cherokees during the
Trail of Tears.
What are:
• No time to pack / sell belongings
• Led by gunpoint, and often barefoot
• Forced to march even if old/sick
• Many die of disease, hunger and fatigue
Year this forced march began.
1838
MAPS for 100
• This range of mountains is in
southwestern corner of the
United States.
• What are the Sierra Nevada
mountains?
The Appalachian mountains
range between these two states.
What are Maine and Georgia?
MAPS for 200
• This river is located in the most
northwestern corner of the
continental United States.
• Who is the Columbia River?
MAPS for 300
The name
and date of
the treaty
that made
this area
part of the
U.S.
• What is the Treaty of Paris
What war did this treaty end?
in 1783?
What is the American Revolution?
MAPS for 400
• The Mormon Trail ran between
these two cities.
• What are Nauvoo, Illinois and
Salt Lake City, Utah?
MAPS for 500
• This trail started in St. Louis and
ran along a southern route all the
way to San Francisco.
• What is the Butterfield
Overland Mail Route?
MAPS for 600
• The city of St. Louis is located at
the intersection of these two
rivers.
• What are the Mississippi and
Missouri Rivers?