Native Americans
Westward Expansion
Immigration and Jobs
Transportation Through Time
Bonus Material
100
This group of people lived in North America long before European or other immigrant settlers arrived.
Who are Native Americans?
100
Moving West across the United States to find land and opportunity was called this.
What is Westward Expansion?
100
People who move from one country to another to live and seek new opportunites are called this.
What are immigrants?
100
Immigrants traveled across the ocean on these large boats.
What are ships? (Will also accept steamships)
100
A period of 10 years is called this.
What is a decade?
200
Native Americans often built boats made out of wood called these to travel on rivers and lakes.
What are canoes?
200
This was the landmark deal in 1803 in which the United States bought territory from France. It doubled the size of the United States and provided land and new opportunities for settlers.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
Many immigrants came to America from countries in this continent. Psst... quiet a few of you have ancestors from this continent.
What is Europe?
200
People in early communities often traveled by using this animal.
What is a horse?
200
A period of 100 years is called this.
What is a century?
300
Native Americans and Settlers often traded items. Name three items they traded.
Possible answers: What is food, tools, furs, building materials, animals (horses), cookware, guns, cloth, jewelry?
300
Settlers moving west sometimes caused conflicts with Native Americans over this important resource.
What is land?
300
Many immigrants entered the United States through this famous island in New York Harbor.
What is Ellis Island?
300
Before cars, settlers traveling west often used these pulled by horses or oxen.
What are covered wagons?
300
Many Native American homes were made from natural materials like wood, bark, and animal skins. Two types of homes were called this.
What is a tipi (teepee) and long house?
400
Native Americans used this as a weapon to animals like deer and buffalo. They also used them during battles with other Native Tribes or Settlers.
What is a bow and arrow? or What is a spear? 
400
Early settlers often worked at this job growing crops and raising animals.
What is a farmer?
400
DAILY DOUBLE: Name a public service job, a job that provides money, and a place people could work.
Possible answers: 
400
The Coolies were important to the completion of this transportation system in the 1800s, and this made travel faster to get across the United States.
What is the railroad?
400
Events like floods, fires, earthquakes, and hurricanes that damage communities are called this.
What are natural disasters?
500
This law signed in 1830 by President Andrew Jackson forced removal of more than 60,000 Native Americans from their land to new land called Indian Territory (now called Oklahoma) by using force.
What is The Indian Removal Act?
500
Covered wagons carrying families, supplies, and tools were used by settlers to travel on this famous route west.
What is the Oregon Trail?
500
At Ellis Island, doctors looked for signs of illness to make sure people did not bring this problem into the country.
What are diseases?
500
This invention in the late 1800s and early 1900s helped people travel faster on roads.
What is the automobile/car?
500
Two statues were erected in honor of this first Irish Immigrant to pass through Ellis Island.
Who is Annie Moore?
600
This forced journey relocated the Cherokee Native American people from their land. Over 25% of the Cherokee population died during the journey.
What is "The Trail of Tears"?
600
Settlers moved west to find better land, jobs, and this shiny metal discovered in California.
What is gold?
600
DAILY DOUBLE: Describe the process of immigrants checking in at Ellis Island.
Teacher decides if answer is correct or incorrect.
600
DAILY DOUBLE: Name the first affordable automobile that revolutionized personal transportation and manufacturing in the early 1900's.
What is the Henry Ford Model T?
600
This law protects the rights of people with disabilities in schools, jobs, and public places.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act?