Blank Jeopardy

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Westward Movement
Indian Wars
American Government Indian Policy
Life on the Plains
The Populists
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These two Federal Acts (Laws) that provided ways
for settlers to acquire western land.
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What is the Morrill Act and the Homestead Act?
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This act led to the building of the
Transcontinental Railroad.
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What is the Pacific Railway Act?
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In the 1840s this phrase referred to the idea
that the Unites States would inevitably possess
the North American Continent.
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What is Manifest Destiny?
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This was the reason why so many moved west in 1849
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What is the discovery of Gold?
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This writing held that the frontier helped create
the strong, individualistic American spirit
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What is the Fredrick Jackson Turners Thesis?
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The differing views of this led many agreements
between Native Americans and the Federal
Government to fall apart.
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What is land ownership?
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In 1876 this battle resulted in the greatest
victory for the Sioux Indians.
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What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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This event in 1864 resulted in the death of over
150 Cheyenne Indians.
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What is the Sand Creek Massacre?
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This event, in which Union soldiers killed over
300 unarmed Sioux Indians, brought and end to
Indian resistance on the plains
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What is Wounded Knee Massacre?
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The violent clashes between Indians, Settlers,
and Government Troops is a direct result of this
policy.
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What is Reservation Policy?
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Before 1850 the Government Policy on Indians was
to push them west. After 1850 the Government
changed its policy to this.
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What is Reservation Policy?
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This Act, while appearing to offer equal
protection for Native Americans actually allow
the federal Government to take away portions of
existing reservations
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What is the Dawes Act?
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This Government policy sought to educate Native
Americans, teach them to farm and force them to
conform to the American way of life.
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What is Assimilation or Americanization?
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This is the reason why Many Settlers felt they
had a great right to Western lands than the
Native Americans
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What is the Indians failed to improve the land?
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According the Indian Relief Councils 2008 Report
Present Day Indian Reservations are compared to
this.
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What are third world Nations.
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In the West, the combination of big business and
new agricultural techniques led to this
development of this.
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What are Bonanza Farms?
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African Americans who left the South to escape
violent where known as this
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What are exodusters
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Western settlers were forced to depend on each
other for this reason.
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What is the hardships and challenges of settling
the plains
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Due to lack of wood and other resources many
Western settlers resorted to building these as
domiciles.
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What are Dugouts and Sod Homes?
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This was the major reason for the decline of beef
production in the west as well as being
responsible for the end of Open Range.
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What is Barbed wire?
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This was a major complaint of farmers in the late
1800s
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What is high tariffs on manufactured goods
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For this reason Western Farmers wanted a silver
back currency.
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What is they thought it would increase crop
prices?
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These were three items on the Populist Platform.
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What is Free Silver, Progressive Income Tax and
an 8 hour work day?
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These two men faced off in the 1896 Presidential
Election.
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Who is William McKinley and William Jennings
Bryant?
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This Act was passed to regulate railroad rates
and practices.
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What is the Interstate Commerce Act?