Manifest Destiny Jeopardy 1 Jeopardy Template

Conflicts	Effects	People	Civil Rights	Causes
100 What is Mexican American War This war marked the combat debut of several future civil war generals	100 What was the Frontier Thesis This made Americans believe that the homefront was closed	100 Who was Zachary Taylor This was the 12th president of the United States	100 What was the Underground railroad This was a way of transporting escaping slaves	100 What was the Louisiana Purchase This allowed American to gain 828,000 square miles of territory
200 What is Bleeding Kansas This was an outbreak of violence in the North Western areas over slavery	200 What was the Civil War This was caused over division in America	200 Who was John Brown This person led a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia	200 What was popular sovereignty This was a way to give states choice to determine slavery	200 What was the Missouri Compromise This caused an invisible line that divided America into slave states in the South and free states in the North.
300 What was the Caning of Charles Sumner This conflict happened in the senate chamber	300 What was the Indian Removal Act People were moved from their homelands because of the spread of Manifest Destiny	300 Who was John O’ Sullivan This person created the term Manifest Destiny	300 What was the fugitive slave law This law made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.	300 What was the annexation of texas This event upset Mexico causing a war to emerge
400 What was Nativism This conflict was caused by the opposition to immigrants	400 What was the Mexican Cession This gave America new acquired land	400 Who were Transcendentalists These people believed in numerous values, however they can all be condensed into three basic, essential values: individualism, idealism, and the divinity of nature.	400 What was Uncle Tom’s Cabin This was a book that began to move more and more Northerners to consider ending the institution of slavery.	400 What was the California Gold Rush This caused people to rush into California and abroad
500 What was Lincoln-Douglas Debates This was a series of debates over the current conflicts	500 What was the Wilmot Proviso This was an attempt to eliminate slavery	500 Who was James K. Polk This person oversaw the largest territorial expansion in American history	500 What was Dred Scott v. Stanford This cases decided that all people of Arfican descent were not American citizens and did not have the right to sue	500 What was the Oregon Territory dispute This ended in a Treaty between the U.S. and British

Manifest Destiny Jeopardy

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