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This board helps players review Westward Expansion through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Purchase & Exploration, Trails West, War & Annexation, Gold & Rails, Laws & Impacts. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Purchase & Exploration

    Which European nation sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?

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    France

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  • Trails West

    What nickname did pioneers give their covered wagons?

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    Prairie schooners

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  • War & Annexation

    What independent republic joined the United States in 1845?

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    Texas

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  • Gold & Rails

    At what California site was gold first found in 1848?

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    Sutter's Mill

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  • Laws & Impacts

    What 1830 law authorized the forced removal of Southeast tribes?

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    Indian Removal Act

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Purchase & Exploration

$100 — Which European nation sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
France
$200 — In what year did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory?
1803
$300 — Which U.S. president approved the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
$400 — What was the Lewis and Clark expedition officially called?
Corps of Discovery
$500 — Who helped Lewis and Clark as an interpreter and guide?
Sacagawea

Trails West

$100 — What nickname did pioneers give their covered wagons?
Prairie schooners
$200 — From what Missouri town did many wagon trains depart?
Independence, Missouri
$300 — Which trade route ran from Missouri to Santa Fe?
Santa Fe Trail
$400 — To what valley did the Mormon Trail lead settlers?
Salt Lake Valley
$500 — What deadly illness often struck travelers on the Oregon Trail?
Cholera

War & Annexation

$100 — What independent republic joined the United States in 1845?
Texas
$200 — What war was fought between the United States and Mexico?
Mexican-American War
$300 — What treaty ended that war in 1848?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
$400 — Which river became the official Texas–Mexico border?
Rio Grande
$500 — What was the large land gain from Mexico in 1848 called?
Mexican Cession

Gold & Rails

$100 — At what California site was gold first found in 1848?
Sutter's Mill
$200 — What nickname was given to the 1849 gold seekers?
Forty-niners
$300 — What word describes a fast-growing mining town?
Boomtown
$400 — Which two companies built the first transcontinental railroad?
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
$500 — Where was the Golden Spike ceremony held in 1869?
Promontory Summit, Utah

Laws & Impacts

$100 — What 1830 law authorized the forced removal of Southeast tribes?
Indian Removal Act
$200 — What name is given to the Cherokee’s forced westward journey?
Trail of Tears
$300 — What term describes lands set aside for Native nations?
Reservations
$400 — Which 1862 law offered 160 acres to settlers willing to farm it?
Homestead Act
$500 — What 1887 law divided tribal lands into individual plots?
Dawes Act

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