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History
Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| "Father of American Missions" | Adoniram Judson |
| one of the best known circuit-riding preachers | Peter Cartwright |
| woman first responsible for New York City's 1st sunday school | Catherine Ferguson |
| who wrote the first major American dictionary | Noah Webster |
| Shoshone Indian guide for Lewis and Clark | Sacagawea |
| leader of "haystack prayer meetings" | Samuel J Mills |
| America's 1st missionary to a foreign land | George Liele |
| fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil war hospitals | John Jasper |
| "Father of Western African Missions" | Lott Carey |
| most famous pioneer of colonial times | Daniel Boone |
| Which purchase (in 1803) more than doubled the size of the USA | Louisiana Purchase |
| What year did America declare war on England b/c they were kidnapping American sailors | 1812 |
| American general responsible for victory at the battle of New Orleans | Andrew Jackson |
| which state was once an independent country? | Texas |
| Which battle did General Sam Houston capture the Mexican army and General Santa Anna? | Battle of San Jacinto |
| Which war forced Mexico to accept Rio Grande as border between US and Mexico? | The Mexican War |
| which state discovered gold in 1848? | California |
| Where did the Whitman's do their missionary work? | Oregon and west of the Rockies |
| Which country did Commodore Perry open for American trade? | Japan |
| First baptist missionary to Japan | Jonathan Goble |
| Daniel Boone's trail west | the Wilderness Road |
| What guaranteed freedom of religion and protection to the people settling in the NW territory | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| 1st major man-made canal in the US | Erie canal |
| Preachers who traveled from town to town | circuit riders |
| America's greatest contribution to music | Spirituals |
| Which group introduced spirituals to the Northern states and Europe | Fisk Jubilee Singers |
| treaty that officially ended the war of 1812 | Treaty of Ghent |
| most heroic and best remembered battle in Texas struggle for independence | the Alamo |
| What were the gold miners in the California gold rush called? | forty-niners |
| the empty deserted towns left after gold miners moved away | ghost towns |
| author of children's reading series in 1800s | William McGuffey |
| beloved hymn writers of 1800s | Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley |
| President responsible for obtaining Louisiana Purchase | Thomas Jefferson |
| Purchase that makes up California, nevada, utah, and parts of other states | Mexican Cession |
| Purchase of southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona | Gadsden Purchase |
| How would a pioneer family prepare to move west | seed, tools, food to last the journey, cows, chickens, pigs, Bibles, things to cook with |
| What routes might a pioneer family take to go west? | the Wilderness Road, the Oregon Trail, |
| what types of vehicles might a pioneer family use to go west? | covered wagons, flatboats, horses, |
| describe the life of a circuit riding preacher | rode from town to town, preaching every day. Sometimes they preached up to 6 times a day. They didn't make much money, and they had to be strong. |