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NWHG Ch 9.1 - 9.3
Early 19th century
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the most famous pioneer in colonial times? | Daniel Boone |
| What was the name of the trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers headed west? | Wilderness Road |
| What was the name of the law passed by Congress giving the blueprint for settling and governing the new lands west of the Appalachian Mountains? | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
| Name 2 freedoms guaranteed to settlers in the Northwest Territory by the Nortwest Ordinance of 1787? | Freedom of religion, trial by jury |
| What was the name of the first major man-made canal in the US? | Erie Canal |
| Who was the author of a series of popular readers in the mid-1800s? | William H. McGuffey |
| Who wrote the first major American dictionary and the Blue-Backed Speller? | Noah Webster |
| Who first trained the circuit-riding preachers? | Francis Asbury |
| Who was American's first foreign missionary? | George Liele, to Jamaica |
| What was the "haystack prayer meeting"? | A regular meeting of a few college students to pray for people in other lands who had not heard the gospel. |
| Who wrote "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"? | Isaac Watts |
| Who wrote "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"? | Charles Wesley |
| Who is the "Father of American Missions"? | Adoniram Judson |
| What missionary friend of Adoniram Judson joined him in becoming a Baptist after studying the Greek New Testament? | Luther Rice |
| Who was instrumental in forming the American Bible Society? | Samuel J. Mills |
| Who is the father of "West African Missions"? | Lott Carey |
| What American missionary also became a governor of Liberia? | Lott Carey |
| What is the name of the country which was formed in west Africa by freed slaves from America? | Liberia |
| What was America's greatest contribution in the field of music? | spirituals |
| What was the name of the singing group which introduced the spirituals to the northern states and Europe? | Fisk Jubilee Singers (of Fisk University, Nashville, TN) |
| Who wrote "God's Trombones, Seven Negro Sermons in Verse Form"? | James Weldon Johnson |
| Who was the fiery black preacher who ministered in Confederate hospitals? | John Jasper |
| Who was the woman responsible for New York City's first Sunday School program? | Catherine Ferguson |
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