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Review Sheet 4
Our American Heritage pages 112-149
Question | Answer |
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The early Americans told what kind of country they wanted America to be in what written document? | Declaration of Independence |
Who was the second Vice President of the the United States and the third President? | Thomas Jefferson |
What place did Daniel Boone and his family move to when he was 17? | Yadkin Valley in North Carolina |
What was Daniel Boone's guns name? | Tick Licker |
Whom did Daniel Boone drive a supply wagon for? | English Army |
Whom said that "Only cowards hide behind trees and fight"? | the English soldiers |
What was the name of the trail which led from Virginia to the middle of Kentucky called? | Wilderness Road |
What was the name of the settlement that Daniel and his men built at the end of the trail? | Boonesborough |
Who was the first white woman to live in Kentucky? | Rebecca Boone |
Daniel Boone gave courage to other pioneers to move west to make America bigger. What was he called because of this? | Pioneer of Pioneers |
Noah Webster's parents wanted him to have a college education so what were they willing to sell to provide this for him? | Their farm |
Noah wanted to be a lawyer but what did he become instead? | A teacher |
After studying the Bible, who did he ask to be his Saviour? | Jesus |
How many years did it take Noah Webster to write his dictionary? | twenty |
How many languages did Noah Webster study in writing The American Dictionary? | twenty |
What date is the birthday of our country? | July 4, 1776 |
What college did Thomas Jefferson become an architect for? | University of Virginia |
What wilderness did John Finley tell Daniel Boone about? | Kentucky |
When the Indians robbed Daniel Boone, what things did they take from him? | Guns and animal skins |
Who sold the land of Kentucky to Colonel Henderson in 1775? | Cherokee Indians |
Who warned the people of Boonesboro that the Indians were planning to attack? | Daniel Boone |
What three books were in the one-room schoolhouse of Noah Webster's day? | Bible, primer and speller |
What did Noah Webster love to do? | Read |
What was the biggest job Noah Webster ever did? | Writing the American Dictionary |
Who said to "fight an Indian like an Indian"? | Daniel Boone |
What is the one book that will never change? | the Bible |