History Word Scramble

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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.

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