History Week!

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Introduction

• Welcome to a new history learning game called “The Price is Right.” This is a fun an interactive way to learn and test your knowledge regarding important history facts, pertaining to the:

Gadsden Purchase

David Schildkraut 10-1

Categories• Manifest DestinyManifest Destiny

Reasons to Purchase

People of the Purchase

Details of the Deal

Manifest Destiny

Category Questions:

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Question 2

A. Birth/Growth of towns in the Southwest

C. More surveying of the SW United States

B. Increased trade between

the East and West coasts

D. Increased number of Native American settlements in the area

Which of these would not be a likely effect of a southern transcontinental railroad?

Manifest DestinyQuestion 1

A. Slave trade to CA

C. Faster travel from coast to coast

B. Mexican immigrants

could get to the East Coast

D. Gadsden could get to Mexico to work out the Gadsden Purchase faster

What was one intended advantage of having a transcontinental railroad in the south?

Manifest DestinyQuestion 2

Reasons to PurchaseCategory Questions

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Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

A. Transfer gold from California to the East Coast

C. Financial obligations

B. Railroad

D. Settle monetary claims

Which of these was not one of the original reasons for the Gadsden Purchase?

Reasons to Purchase Question 1

A. Battle of the Alamo

C. Battle of San Jacinto

B. Battle of New Orleans

D. None of the above

Which of these battles led directly to the Gadsden Purchase occurring?

Reasons to PurchaseQuestion 2

A. Mesilla Valley

C. San Bernardino Valley

B. San Pedro River Valley

D. Rio Valley

Which valley was a location of conflict which prompted the US President to send Gadsden to

negotiate?

Reasons to PurchaseQuestion 3

A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

C. Adams-Onis Treaty

B. Webster-Ashburton Treaty

D. Transcontinental Treaty

Which treaty was behind some of the conflict that led to the Gadsden Purchase?

Reasons to PurchaseQuestion 4

A. Mexican territory was only viable building location

C. Engineers were paranoid to try out new technology

B. People gave funds to help the railroad get built

D. Purchase opened up a new rail route that no one thought of

Why was the Gadsden Purchase so critical with regards to the southern transcontinental railroad?

Reasons to PurchaseQuestion 5

People of the PurchaseCategory Questions

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Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

A. Garay

C. Gadsden

B. Gary

D. Greg

The Gadsden Purchase helped resolve monetary claims from a project named after _____?

People of the Purchase Question 1

A. Taylor

C. Pierce

B. Buchanan

D. Fillmore

Who was the President of the United States at the time of the Gadsden Purchase?

People of the PurchaseQuestion 2

A. No position

C. Ambassador

B. Minister

D. Consul

Gadsden’s position in the United States government was________ to Mexico.

People of the PurchaseQuestion 3

A. He talked personally to Gadsden

C. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Nelson

B. Sec. of State William Marcy

D. Christopher Ward

Who was the agent for U.S. investors in the Garay project, who tried to intervene with instructions to

Gadsden?

People of the PurchaseQuestion 4

A. Guadalupe Hidalgo

C. Felipe Calderon

B. Antonio de Santa Anna

D. Benito Juarez

Which Mexican President was involved in the Gadsden Purchase?

People of the PurchaseQuestion 5

Details of the DealCategory Questions

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

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Question 5

A. $1,000,000

C. $15,000,000

B. $10,000,000

D. $20,000,000

How much did the land obtained in the Gadsden Purchase cost?

Details of the DealQuestion 1

A. AZ & NM

C. TX & NM

B. HI & ME

D. CA & AZ

Which of the two present-day states gained land from the Gadsden Purchase?

Details of the DealQuestion 2

A. 25,000 mi2

C. 30,000 mi2

B. 29,670 mi2

D. $45,000 mi2

About how many square miles was the Gadsden Purchase?

Details of the DealQuestion 3

A. September 25, 1853

C. April 25, 1854

B. December 30, 1853

D. September 25, 1854

When was the Gadsden Purchase originally signed?

Details of the DealQuestion 4

A. December 30, 1853

C. June 8, 1854

B. April 25, 1854

D. September 25, 1854

When was the revised treaty of the purchase signed by Santa Anna?

Details of the DealQuestion 5

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Manifest Destiny

Reasons to Purchase

People of the Purchase

Details of the Deal

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Manifest Destiny

Details of the Deal

People of the Purchase

Reasons to Purchase

History Week!

The NEW version!

Thanks for playing and learning!

David Schildkraut 10-1

Sept. 2013