Louisiana Purchase

Annexation of Texas

Grab Bag

Florida and Oregon

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Final Jeopardy

Mexican-American

War

$100 Question Louisiana Purchase

How did the Louisiana Purchase affect the size of the

United States?

$100 Answer from Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the

United States.

$200 Question Louisiana Purchase

How much did the U.S. pay for the Louisiana Territory?

$200 Answer from Louisiana Purchase

$15 million

$300 Question Louisiana Purchase

What two landforms border the Louisiana Territory?

$300 Answer from Louisiana Purchase

The Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

$400 Question Louisiana Purchase

What two countries controlled the Louisiana Territory before the U.S.

bought it in 1803?

$400 Answer from Louisiana Purchase

Spain and France

$500 Question Louisiana Purchase

What was James Monroe’s original mission when he went to

France to negotiate with Napoleon?

$500 Answer from Louisiana Purchase

James Monroe originally went to France to buy New Orleans.

$100 Question from Oregon and Florida

Who did President Monroe send to end Seminole raids in Florida?

$100 Answer from Oregon and Florida

General Andrew Jackson

$200 Question from Oregon and Florida

Name a reason why settlers wanted to move to Oregon

Country.

$200 Answer from Oregon and Florida

Fertile farmland

$300 Question from Oregon and Florida

Name at least two groups of people who were living

in Florida when it was controlled by the Spanish.

$300 Answer from Oregon and Florida

• Seminole Indians• Runaway slaves• Spanish colonists• English traders

$400 Question from Oregon and Florida

What was the phrase used by President Monroe and other

Americans about Spain’s presence in Florida?

$400 Answer from Oregon and Florida

Govern or get out!

$500 Question from Oregon and Florida

What line marked the northern border of Oregon

(U.S. side) after a treaty was signed with Britain?

$500 Answer from Oregon and Florida

The 49th parallel.

$100 Question from Annexation of Texas

What year did Mexico win its independence from Spain?

$100 Answer from Annexation of Texas

1821

$200 Question from Annexation of Texas

What year did Texas become the 28th state of the United

States?

$200 Answer from Annexation of Texas

1845

$300 Question from Annexation of Texas

What was the name of the Mexican general that the

Americans had to keep fighting to win Texas?

$300 Answer from Annexation of Texas

Santa Anna

$400 Question from Annexation of Texas

What is the name of the first battle fought for Texas

independence where Americans lost very badly?

$400 Answer from Annexation of Texas

The Alamo

$500 Question from Annexation of Texas

Identify the last names of two generals who fought for

Texan independence and for whom cities in Texas are now

named.

$500 Answer from Annexation of Texas

Austin and Houston

$100 Question from Grab Bag

Define Manifest Destiny.

$100 Answer from Grab Bag

In the mid-1800s, the belief that it was America’s divine right and duty to spread the nation across the North American continent.

$200 Question from Grab Bag

What country were people living in the Oregon Country from

OTHER than the United States?

$200 Answer from Grab Bag

Britain

$300 Question from Grab Bag

What was the name for Texas of Mexican

descent?

$300 Answer from Grab Bag

Tejanos

$400 Question from Grab Bag

How did the United States acquire the Oregon

Country?

$400 Answer from Grab Bag

Through a treaty with Great Britain

$500 Question from Grab Bag

What two foreign countries owned

territory that bordered the Oregon Country?

$500 Answer from Grab Bag

Russia and Mexico

$100 Question from Mexican-American War

What two rivers were the U.S. and Mexico arguing over as the border

of Texas?

$100 Answer from Mexican-American War

Rio Grande and Nueces

$200 Question from Mexican-American War

What incident technically started the Mexican-American War?

$200 Answer from Mexican-American War

Mexican troops shot at American troops in the “disputed territory” between the Rio

Grande and the Nueces River.

Extra Detail: Some people think Polk put troops there so they would get shot at and

he could start a war.

$300 Question from Mexican-American War

What are two states that we know today that were acquired during the

Mexican-American War?

$300 Answer from Mexican-American War

California and New Mexico

$400 Question from Mexican-American War

What were the nicknames of General Zachary Taylor and

General Winfield Scott?

$400 Answer from Mexican-American War

Old Rough and Ready and Old Fuss and Feathers

$500 Question from Mexican-American War

In what year was the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

signed?

$500 Answer from Mexican-American War

1848

Final Jeopardy: Category

Timeline (chronology)

Final Jeopardy: Question

Put the following events in chronological order: •Oregon Country•Florida Acquisition•Gadsden Purchase•Mexican Cession•Louisiana Purchase•Texas Annexation

Final Jeopardy: Answer

Put the following events in chronological order:•1803: Louisiana Purchase •1819: Florida Acquisition•1845: Texas Annexation•1846: Oregon Country•1848: Mexican Cession•1853: Gadsden Purchase