6th Grade Test 8 Ch 9

Question 0

One of the best-known circuit-riding preachers

Answer 0

Peter Cartwright

Question 1

The “Father of American Missions”

Answer 1

Adoniram Judson

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Catherine Ferguson

Question 3

The man who wrote the first major American dictionary

Answer 3

Noah Webster

Question 4

Sacajawea acted as their guide and interpreter

Answer 4

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Question 5

The leader of the “haystack prayer meetings”

Answer 5

Samuel J. Mills

Question 6

America’s first missionary to a foreign land

Answer 6

George Liele

Question 7

Fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil War hospitals

Answer 7

John Jasper

Question 8

“Father of Western African Missions”

Answer 8

Lott Carey

Question 9

The most famous pioneer of the colonial times

Answer 9

Daniel Boone

Question 10

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

Answer 10

The Louisiana Purchase

Question 11

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

Answer 11

1812

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Andrew Jackson

Question 13

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

Answer 13

San Jacinto

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Oregon

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Japan

Question 16

He was the first Baptist missionary to Japan

Answer 16

Jonathan Goble

Question 17

The trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers headed west

Answer 17

Wilderness Road

Question 18

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

Answer 18

The Northwest Ordinance

Question 19

The first major man-made canal in the United States

Answer 19

Erie Canal

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Circuit riding preachers

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Spiritual

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Question 23

The treaty that officially ended the war of 1812

Answer 23

Treaty of Ghent

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Battle of the Alamo

Question 25

Gold miners in the California gold rush were called this

Answer 25

Forty-niners

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Ghost towns

Question 27

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

Answer 27

William Macguffey

Question 28

One of the beloved hymn writers of the 1800s

Answer 28

Isaac Watts

Question 29

The president responsible for obtaining the Louisiana purchase

Answer 29

Thomas Jefferson

Question 30

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

Answer 30

The Mexican Cession

Question 31

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

Answer 31

The Gadsten Purchase

Question 32

Find these locations on a map

Answer 32

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

Question 33

How did a pioneer family prepare to move ?

Answer 33

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.

Question 34

What route would pioneers take in moving to the West?

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

What types of vehicles might pioneers use for transportation?

Answer 35

Pioneers would travel in covered wagon and flatboats.

Question 36

The great English founder of the Methodist church

Answer 36

John Wesley

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Davy Crockett

Question 38

In what major battle did Davy Crockett fight and die?

Answer 38

The Battle of the Alamo

Question 39

She saved important papers and Washington’s portrait.

Answer 39

Dolly Madison

Question 40

He wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”

Answer 40

Francis Scott Key

Question 41

The president who purchased Florida from Spain

Answer 41

James Monroe

Question 42

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

Answer 42

General Santa Anna

Question 43

What is a pioneer?

Answer 43

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

Question 44

The place where gold was found in California in 1848

Answer 44

John Sutter’s ranch

Question 45

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

Answer 45

Independence, Missouri; almost 2000 miles long

Question 46

The Wilderness Road ran through this

Answer 46

Cumberland Gap