Download Title of Jeopardy Game - MR. PIGNATARO`S SOCIAL STUDIES

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Important Terms100
Built by the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
Railroad, this connected the east and
west.
Answer: Transcontinental Railroad
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Important Terms 200
What mountain range did the
Transcontinental RR pass through?
Answer: Sierra Nevada
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Important Terms 300
Financial aid or land grant from the
government
Answer: subsidy
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Important Terms 400
was a US Federal Act that gave 160 acres of
undeveloped land in the West to those
whom met the requirements.
Answer: Homestead Act
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Important Terms 500
Was the pinnacle of the Indians' power. They had
achieved their greatest victory yet, but soon their
tenuous union fell apart in the face of the white
onslaught.
Answer: Battle of Little Big Horn
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Concepts 100
This animal was vital to the Native American
way of life.
Answer: The Buffalo
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Concepts 200
Name 3 things the buffalo was used for by
the Native Americans
Answer: Food Shelter weapons and tools
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Concepts 300
Describe the concept of “boom town to
ghost town”
Answer: answers may vary
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Concepts 400
What are the 2 steps to impeachment???
Answer: (1)To bring formal criminal charges
against the president of the United States
(2) with a trial after to decide if to remove
from office.
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Concepts 500
Government officials met with Native
Americans in Wyoming to ask each nation
to keep to a limited area
Answer: Fort Laramie Treaty
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People 100
Who was the President during the Trail of
Tears?
Answer: Andrew Jackson
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People 200
Who was the leader of the Union military
during the Civil War, and eventually
became president of the United States?
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
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People 300
Charged his 700 men against 7,000 Native
Americans at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Answer: General George A. Custer
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People 400
What President 1st allowed the construction
of the Transcontinental Railroad?
Answer: Lincoln
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People 500
Had a vision and mapped out the planned
route for the Transcontinental Railroad.
Answer: Theodore Judah
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Open Ended 100
What caused the near extinction of the
Buffalo?
Answer: Americans hunting for sport and for
the hides and fur
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Open Ended 200
Who built the Transcontinental Railroad?
Be Specific
Answer: Mexican, Irish, Chinese Immigrants
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Open Ended 300
Explain the significance the Mississippi
River would have with the Railroad.
Answer: Helped in transportation of goods
and travel. Connected RR to major water
ways.
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Open Ended 400
What happened at Wounded Knee?
Answer: N.A. were surrendering to U.S.
troops when a shot is fired leading to the
slaughter of the Sioux tribe.
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Open Ended 500
Explain the relationship between the Native
Americans and U.S. government
Answer: Answers may vary
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