6th Grade Test 8 Ch 9 Flashcards
One of the best-known circuit-riding preachers
Peter Cartwright
The “Father of American Missions”
Adoniram Judson
The woman responsible for New York City’s first Sunday school program
Catherine Ferguson
The man who wrote the first major American dictionary
Noah Webster
Sacajawea acted as their guide and interpreter
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
The leader of the “haystack prayer meetings”
Samuel J. Mills
America’s first 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
The most famous pioneer of the colonial times
Daniel Boone
This purchase of 1803 more than doubled the size of United States
The Louisiana Purchase
One reason America declared war on England in this year was because the English were kidnapping American sailors
1812
The American general responsible for the victory at the battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
General Sam Houston captured Santa Anna and the Mexican army at the battle of….
San Jacinto
The Whitman’s where the most famous missionaries to this state
Oregon
Commodore Matthew Perry was responsible for opening American trade with this country
Japan
He was the first Baptist missionary to Japan
Jonathan Goble
The trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers headed west
Wilderness Road
Freedom of religion and protection to those settling in the Northwest Territory was guaranteed by this
The Northwest Ordinance
The first major man-made canal in the United States
Erie Canal
Preachers who traveled from town to town preaching in areas that had no pastor were called this
Circuit riding preachers
America’s greatest contribution to the field of music is this type of music
Spiritual
The group that introduced the spiritual to the northern states and Europe was this group
Fisk Jubilee Singers
The treaty that officially ended the war of 1812
Treaty of Ghent
The most heroic and best remembered battle in Texas’s struggle for independence was this
Battle of the Alamo
Gold miners in the California gold rush were called this
Forty-niners
Empty deserted towns left after gold miners had moved on are called this
Ghost towns
The author of a children’s reading series used in America in the 1800s
William Macguffey
One of the beloved hymn writers of the 1800s
Isaac Watts
The president responsible for obtaining the Louisiana purchase
Thomas Jefferson
The purchase that makes up the states of California, Nevada, Utah and parts of Arizona, New Mexico,Wyoming and Colorado
The Mexican Cession
The purchase that makes up the southern parts of the states of New Mexico and Arizona
The Gadsten Purchase
Find these locations on a map
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
How did a pioneer family prepare to move ?
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.
What route would pioneers take in moving to the West?
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.
What types of vehicles might pioneers use for transportation?
Pioneers would travel in covered wagon and flatboats.
The great English founder of the Methodist church
John Wesley
Who said, “Be always sure you’re right - then go ahead!”?
Davy Crockett
In what major battle did Davy Crockett fight and die?
The Battle of the Alamo
She saved important papers and Washington’s portrait.
Dolly Madison
He wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Francis Scott Key
The president who purchased Florida from Spain
James Monroe
The dictator of Mexico who led the Mexican forces at the Alamo
General Santa Anna
What is a pioneer?
A person who does something first, preparing the way for others
The place where gold was found in California in 1848
John Sutter’s ranch
Where did the Oregon Trail begin and how long was it?
Independence, Missouri; almost 2000 miles long
The Wilderness Road ran through this
Cumberland Gap
