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Chapter 9

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"Father of American Missions"   Adoniram Judson  
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one of the best known circuit-riding preachers   Peter Cartwright  
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woman first responsible for New York City's 1st sunday school   Catherine Ferguson  
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who wrote the first major American dictionary   Noah Webster  
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Shoshone Indian guide for Lewis and Clark   Sacagawea  
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leader of "haystack prayer meetings"   Samuel J Mills  
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America's 1st missionary to a foreign land   George Liele  
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fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil war hospitals   John Jasper  
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"Father of Western African Missions"   Lott Carey  
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most famous pioneer of colonial times   Daniel Boone  
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Which purchase (in 1803) more than doubled the size of the USA   Louisiana Purchase  
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What year did America declare war on England b/c they were kidnapping American sailors   1812  
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American general responsible for victory at the battle of New Orleans   Andrew Jackson  
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which state was once an independent country?   Texas  
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Which battle did General Sam Houston capture the Mexican army and General Santa Anna?   Battle of San Jacinto  
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Which war forced Mexico to accept Rio Grande as border between US and Mexico?   The Mexican War  
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which state discovered gold in 1848?   California  
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Where did the Whitman's do their missionary work?   Oregon and west of the Rockies  
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Which country did Commodore Perry open for American trade?   Japan  
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First baptist missionary to Japan   Jonathan Goble  
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Daniel Boone's trail west   the Wilderness Road  
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What guaranteed freedom of religion and protection to the people settling in the NW territory   The Northwest Ordinance of 1787  
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1st major man-made canal in the US   Erie canal  
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Preachers who traveled from town to town   circuit riders  
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America's greatest contribution to music   Spirituals  
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Which group introduced spirituals to the Northern states and Europe   Fisk Jubilee Singers  
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treaty that officially ended the war of 1812   Treaty of Ghent  
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most heroic and best remembered battle in Texas struggle for independence   the Alamo  
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What were the gold miners in the California gold rush called?   forty-niners  
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the empty deserted towns left after gold miners moved away   ghost towns  
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author of children's reading series in 1800s   William McGuffey  
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beloved hymn writers of 1800s   Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley  
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President responsible for obtaining Louisiana Purchase   Thomas Jefferson  
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Purchase that makes up California, nevada, utah, and parts of other states   Mexican Cession  
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Purchase of southern parts of New Mexico and Arizona   Gadsden Purchase  
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How would a pioneer family prepare to move west   seed, tools, food to last the journey, cows, chickens, pigs, Bibles, things to cook with  
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What routes might a pioneer family take to go west?   the Wilderness Road, the Oregon Trail,  
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what types of vehicles might a pioneer family use to go west?   covered wagons, flatboats, horses,  
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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.  
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