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$100 Question from New Territories What physical feature caused settlers problems as they traveled to Oregon?

$100 Answer from New Territories Rocky Mountains

$200 Question from New Territories What area was bought from Mexico to finish what we today have as the continental United States?

$200 Answer from New Territories Gadsden Purchase

$300 Question from New Territories How did the U.S. get Florida?

$300 Answer from New Territories Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.

$400 Question from New Territories How did the U.S. get Texas?

$400 Answer from New Territories Texas was added (annexed) after it became an independent republic.

$500 Question from New Territories How did the U.S. get California?

$500 Answer from New Territories War with Mexico resulted in California and the southwest territory (Mexican Cession) becoming part of the United States

$100 Question from Influences of Westward Movement What would be an attraction for Eastern farmers in the West?

$100 Answer from Influences of Westward Movement Availability of cheap, fertile land.

$200 Question from Influences of Westward Movement What caused people in the East to move west?

$200 Answer from Influences of Westward Movement Population growth in the east

$300 Question from Influences of Westward Movement What was an economic opportunity during the Westward Movement?

$300 Answer from Influences of Westward Movement Gold (California Gold Rush) Logging Farming Freedom (for runaway Slaves)

$400 Question from Influences of Westward Movement Name two overland trails used during westward expansion.

$400 Answer from Influences of Westward Movement Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail and Santa Fe Trail

$500 Question from Influences of Westward Movement What was Manifest Destiny?

$500 Answer from Influences of Westward Movement A belief that expansion was for the good of the country and was our right

$100 Question from the California Gold Rush What was the gold rush?

$100 Answer from the California Gold Rush Migration of thousands of settlers to California in search of gold, to make their fortunes

$200 Question from the California Gold Rush Why/when did the gold rush come to an end?

$200 Answer from the California Gold Rush When the easy to find gold was gone

$300 Question from the California Gold Rush What was the name of the people who moved to California after they heard about the gold?

$300 Answer from the California Gold Rush Forty-Niner

$400 Question from the California Gold Rush Name an effect of the gold rush.

$400 Answer from the California Gold Rush Population increased, California became a state, Native Americans and Californios were pushed out

$500 Question from the California Gold Rush Name three problems Californians had during the gold rush.

$500 Answer from the California Gold Rush Being cheated, crime, not making enough money, fighting/violence, pollution of rivers and Native American hunting grounds

$100 Question from the War with Mexico Why did the U.S. enter war with Mexico?

$100 Answer from the War with Mexico Annexation of Texas, desire for California and other Mexican territories, and boundary dispute in Texas

$200 Question from the War with Mexico Who was president during the war?

$200 Answer from the War with Mexico James K. Polk

$300 Question from the War with Mexico What river did the United States believe was the boundary between Mexico and itself? Bonus: What river did Mexico believe was the boundary?

$300 Answer from the War with Mexico Rio Grande River Bonus: Nueces River

$400 Question from the War with Mexico What was the name of the territory that the United States won from Mexico?

$400 Answer from the War with Mexico Mexican Cession

$500 Question from the War with Mexico What is the name of the treaty that ended war with Mexico?

$500 Answer from the War with Mexico Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

$100 Question from Only for the Brave What was the name of this painting?

$100 Answer from Only for the Brave American Progress

$200 Question from Only for the Brave Describe 2 challenges along the Oregon Trail.

$200 Answer from Only for the Brave Long journey (6 months), unknown territory, wagons overloaded with supplies, had to travel by foot, rough weather, etc.

$300 Question from Only for the Brave What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

$300 Answer from Only for the Brave This accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation is the way that future territories would be established and how states were created.

$400 Question from Only for the Brave What is the name of the religious denomination that moved to Salt Lake City, UT to escape religious persecution?

$400 Answer from Only for the Brave Mormons

$500 Question from Only for the Brave Why did Americans believe in Manifest Destiny?

$500 Answer from Only for the Brave Belief in American cultural and racial superiority, belief that God had blessed the growth of the nation

Final Jeopardy When did the idea of Manifest Destiny take place?

Final Jeopardy Answer In the 1800s, especially during the 1840s