“Jeopardy”American Migration

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Topic 1: 1 point

What is the land called that is set aside by the government for Native Americans?

Reservations

Topic 1: 2 pointsWhat were the group of English colonists called who came here for religious freedom?

Pilgrims orPioneers

Pilgrims

Topic 1: 3 points• Who are people that

move to a new land first called?

Pilgrims orPioneers Pioneers

Topic 1: 4 points

What was the belief that the U.S. had the right to own all of the land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean?

Manifest Destiny

Topic 1: 5 points

What law gave Midwestern land to anyone who would farm it?

Homestead Act

Topic 2: 1 point

What is the word that refers to the group of people who worked to end slavery in America?

• immigrants• pioneers • abolitionists

abolitionists

Topic 2: 2 points

What word refers to the group of people who had to work for a period of years to gain freedom?

• indigenous• slaves • indentured servant

indentured servant

Topic 2: 3 points

What word refers to a group of religious people who are trying to convert others to their religion?

• indigenous• missionaries • indentured servant

missionaries

Topic 2: 4 pointsWhat word means a group of people that belong to or are native to a place?

What group of people are native to the U.S.A.?

• indigenous• missionaries • indentured servant

Indigenous.The North American indigenous group is the

Native Americans.

Topic 2: 5 pointsWhat group of people moved from one country into another? From 1892-1954 where did they have to stop before entering the U.S.?

• immigrants• pioneers • abolitionists

Immigrants had to stop at Ellis Island

Topic 3: 1 pointA person who moves from his/her homeland for fear of persecution because of his/her race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group or political opinion; and is unable to return there, for fear of persecution is a ___________________.

• Pioneer• Immigrant• Refugee

Refugee

Topic 3: 2 points

The Emancipation Proclamation put slaves on the move north because it made slavery illegal where?

In all the Northern states and the seceded Southern states, NOT in the border

states.

Topic 3: 3 pointsWhat was the name of the route that many runaway slaves followed?

What “conductor” was nicknamed Moses because she led so many slaves out of freedom on this route?

The Underground Railroad.Harriet Tubman led many to

freedom.

Topic 3: 4 points

Why did the Homestead Act put people on the move?

It gave free Midwestern land to anyone who

would move and farm it.

Topic 3: 5 points

The Trail of Tears refers to the removal of Native Americans from the southeastern United States to what state?

Oklahoma

Topic 4: 1 point

The southern states began to secede from the United States after Lincoln’s election.

• False• True True

Topic 4: 2 points

Who was president during the United States Civil War?

Abraham Lincoln

Topic 4: 3 points

Hmong refugees helped Americans fight during what war?

• Korean War• Vietnam War• WWII War

Vietnam War

Topic 4: 4 points• What immigrants

helped to build the first transcontinental railroad?

Mexican

ChineseAustralian Chinese

Topic 4: 5 points

What year did Columbus open the way for European colonization? • 1620• 1492• 1776• 1754

1492

Topic 5: 1 point

Which colonists wanted to mine for gold in America?

• Spanish• French • English Spanish

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Which colonists wanted to trade for furs in America?

• Spanish• French • English French

Topic 5: 3 points

Jim Crow Laws discriminated against people because of their __________.

• Religion• Gender• Race

Race

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During the civil war what did the southern seceded states call themselves?

• The Confederate States• The Union States

The Confederate States

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Which colonists wanted to practice religion in their own way?

• Spanish• French • English English