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6th Grade Test 8 Ch 9 Flashcards

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One of the best-known circuit-riding preachers

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Peter Cartwright

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The “Father of American Missions”

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Adoniram Judson

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The woman responsible for New York City’s first Sunday school program

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Catherine Ferguson

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The man who wrote the first major American dictionary

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Noah Webster

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Sacajawea acted as their guide and interpreter

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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The leader of the “haystack prayer meetings”

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Samuel J. Mills

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America’s first missionary to a foreign land

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George Liele

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Fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil War hospitals

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John Jasper

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“Father of Western African Missions”

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Lott Carey

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The most famous pioneer of the colonial times

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Daniel Boone

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This purchase of 1803 more than doubled the size of United States

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The Louisiana Purchase

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One reason America declared war on England in this year was because the English were kidnapping American sailors

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1812

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The American general responsible for the victory at the battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson

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13
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General Sam Houston captured Santa Anna and the Mexican army at the battle of….

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San Jacinto

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The Whitman’s where the most famous missionaries to this state

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Oregon

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Commodore Matthew Perry was responsible for opening American trade with this country

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Japan

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He was the first Baptist missionary to Japan

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Jonathan Goble

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The trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers headed west

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Wilderness Road

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Freedom of religion and protection to those settling in the Northwest Territory was guaranteed by this

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The Northwest Ordinance

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The first major man-made canal in the United States

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Erie Canal

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Preachers who traveled from town to town preaching in areas that had no pastor were called this

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Circuit riding preachers

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America’s greatest contribution to the field of music is this type of music

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Spiritual

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The group that introduced the spiritual to the northern states and Europe was this group

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Fisk Jubilee Singers

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The treaty that officially ended the war of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent

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The most heroic and best remembered battle in Texas’s struggle for independence was this

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Battle of the Alamo

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Gold miners in the California gold rush were called this

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Forty-niners

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Empty deserted towns left after gold miners had moved on are called this

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Ghost towns

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The author of a children’s reading series used in America in the 1800s

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William Macguffey

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One of the beloved hymn writers of the 1800s

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Isaac Watts

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The president responsible for obtaining the Louisiana purchase

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Thomas Jefferson

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The purchase that makes up the states of California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico,Wyoming and Colorado

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The Mexican Cession

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The purchase that makes up the southern parts of the states of New Mexico and Arizona

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The Gadsten Purchase

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Find these locations on a map

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The Ohio River, 
the Gulf of Panama, 
the Arkansas River, 
Angel Falls, 
the Snake River, 
the Gulf of Tehuantepec, 
Madiera River, 
Niagara Falls, 
the Parana river, 
The Labrador Sea
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How did a pioneer family prepare to move ?

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They would buy a covered wagon and supplies, they would load the wagon with tools, food, blankets, kitchen utensils and the family Bible. They would also tie livestock to the wagon.

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What route would pioneers take in moving to the West?

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They would probably travel west to Pittsburgh where they sold their wagon and bought a flat boat to cross the Ohio River. Later pioneers might follow the Erie Canal.

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What types of vehicles might pioneers use for transportation?

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Pioneers would travel in covered wagon and flatboats.

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The great English founder of the Methodist church

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John Wesley

37
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Who said, “Be always sure you’re right - then go ahead!”?

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Davy Crockett

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In what major battle did Davy Crockett fight and die?

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The Battle of the Alamo

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She saved important papers and Washington’s portrait.

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Dolly Madison

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He wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”

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Francis Scott Key

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The president who purchased Florida from Spain

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James Monroe

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The dictator of Mexico who led the Mexican forces at the Alamo

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General Santa Anna

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What is a pioneer?

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A person who does something first, preparing the way for others

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The place where gold was found in California in 1848

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John Sutter’s ranch

45
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Where did the Oregon Trail begin and how long was it?

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Independence, Missouri; almost 2000 miles long

46
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The Wilderness Road ran through this

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Cumberland Gap

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