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What contribution did Daniel Boone make to the westward movement

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He made the Wilderness Road and built the fort called Boonesborough

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How did Daniel Boone learn to survive in the wilderness

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By learning hunting and woodland secrets from local Indians

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What kind of bones were found at the Big Bone Lick

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Giant mastodons, dinosaurs, and sloths

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Why was salt so important to the settlers

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It was the main preservative

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Name the first western state

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Kentucky

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What group of settlers came from Ulster, a section of Northern Ireland

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Scots-Irish

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Where did the Scots-Irish settle

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Kentucky and Tennessee

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When could the Northwest Territory elect its own representative body

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When it reached a population of 5,000 adult males

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When could a potion of the Northwest Territory become a state

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When it reached a population of 60,000 persons

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What freedoms did the Northwest Ordinance of 1887 grant

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Religious liberty, freedom of speech, and the right to trial by jury

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What did the freedoms given by the Northwest Ordinance of 1887 say about slavery

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It prohibited slavery

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What was to be a part of the public school curriculum

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Religious instruction

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What did the Treaty of Greenville establish

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A boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to settlement

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What was the first northern state

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Ohio

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A young quaker boy in Reading, Pennsylvania that was taught by indians hunting and woodland secrets

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Daniel Boone

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What mountain man captivated Daniel Boone with stories of land beyond the mountains

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John Finley

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What did the Cherokee, Shawnee, and Iroquois call the land beyond the mountains that John Finley told Daniel Boone about

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Ken-ta-ke (Kentucky)

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What does Kentucky mean

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dark and bloody ground

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Why did the indians call these lands beyond the mountains dark and bloody ground

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because the indians fought many battles to control the rich hunting ground

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What was the name of the path that John Finley told Daniel Boone about that supposedly led into Kentucky through a gap in the mountains

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Warriors Path or Cumberland Gap

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Who led a party of men on an expedition into the mountains

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Daniel Boone

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What did the colonists name of the large salt lake and salt springs they found in Kentucky

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Big Bone Lick

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_________ was the main preservative of the time

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Salt

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What was the name of the almost 300 mile trail through the Cumberland that Daniel Boone and his men made

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Wilderness Trail

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What was the name of the fort Daniel Boone and his men made which became a town
Boonesborough
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Name the most important issue that President Jefferson faced
American rights and settlement of the West
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What was the best way for pioneer farmers to ship their crops
by flatboat down the mississippi
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Where did Napoleon plan to build his New World Empire
Louisiana
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What city did Napoleon plan to make his imperial capital
New Orleans
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How much did France sell the Louisiana Territory for
$15,000,000
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How many square miles did the United States gain after the Louisiana Purchase
827,987
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What river did Lewis and Clark set out on
Missouri River
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How did Lewis and Clark know that the ocean wasn't far away
They saw Indians with seashell ornaments and the river water rise and fall like an ocean tide
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How many miles did Lewis and Clark travel
8,000 miles
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Who was sent to explore the lands from the Arkansas River to the Rocky Mountains
Zebulon Pike
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Who killed Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
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Who imposed the Embargo Act
Thomas Jefferson
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What did the Embargo Act do
It stopped all trade with Europe
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What did the "Prophet" learn from the Canadian traders that made him appear to be a prophet
that a solar eclipse was going to occur
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What was the New Madrid Quake
the most violent earthquake in american history
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How did the indians view the New Madrid Quake
they thought it was a sign from the gods
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How did Dolly Madison serve President Jefferson during his years in office
first lady but not married to him
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Who won the Battle of Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison and his troops
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How many warships did the american navy have during the War of 1812
fewer than 20
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What ship was called Old Ironsides
U.S.S Constitution
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Why was the "Constitution" called Old Ironsides
cannonballs appeared to bounce of her heavy oaken sides
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Who defeated the British in the Great Lakes
Oliver Hazard Perry
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What was the name of the battle that Oliver Hazard Perry won in the Great Lakes Region
Battle of Lake Erie
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What did the British do to the White House and the Capitol Building
burned it
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Why did the British do these things the White House and the Capitol Building
retaliation for the american burning Yorktown, Ontario
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Who wrote the poem Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key
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Name the last great battle War of 1812
Battle of New Orleans
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Why was the Battle of New Orleans unnecessary
the war had actually ended two weeks before the battle
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What was the Virginia Dynasty
a group of Virginia leaders who guided our country in the early years of our history
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Why was Monroe's second term called the Era of Good Feeling
the time period was marked by national growth and cooperation between all sections of the country
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Whom did Florida belong to
Spain
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Where did Francis Scott Key write the Star Spangled Banner
on a ship near FortMcHenry
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What did Spain use Florida for
to attack American settlers in Georgia
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Who invaded Florida in 1818
General Andrew Jackson
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How did John Quincy Adams defend this action
He said that the United States had every right under international law to act in its own self defense
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What was the first state to be located entirely west of the Mississippi
Missouri
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Why was Missouri's admission held up in congress
to settle the slavery issue
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What did the Missouri compromise do
It admitted Maine as a free state and provided for the admission of Missouri as a slave state
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Who did the most to promote the Missouri Compromise
Henry Clay
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What did the Monroe Doctrine prohibit
any future colonization in the New World by European powers
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How did the Monroe Doctrine affect the american west
It prepared the way for future American expansions in the west
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What did the Presidency of John Adams accomplish
It improved roads harbors, and bridges to help bind the nation together
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What did the National Republicans support
a strong central government
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What cause did the did the Democrats take up
states' rights and sectionalism
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What took place on July 4, 1826
our nation's 50th anniversary of independence
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Name the two founding fathers who died on July 4, 1826
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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