Midterm

Question 1

The first settlers came to Tennessee in either 1768 or 1769

Answer 1

1768

Question 2

In the 1540s, Spanish Explorer Hernando de soto travelled through parts of tennessee

Answer 2

true

Question 3

Name Tennessees first four settlements

Answer 3

watauga, north Houston, Nolichucky, carters valley

Question 4

Who was Attakullakulla?

Answer 4

Cherokee leader,

Question 5

in 1770, The Lochabar treaty drew boundary lines to control white settlement?

Answer 5

true

Question 6

The watauga association basically leased their land to white settlers?

Answer 6

true

Question 7

The Cherokee did not take sides during the revolutionary war?

Answer 7

false. allied with British

Question 8

The sycamore shoals treaty gave even more land to white settlers

Answer 8

true

Question 9

The Cherokee launched several attacks on E TN settlements in 1776

Answer 9

true

Question 10

The first group of Cumberland settlers reached French lick on halloween 1779?

Answer 10

false

Question 11

The first group of Cumberland settlers wrote a rudimentary constitution called the “——– ——–”, establishing middle Tennessees first government.

Answer 11

Cumberland compact

Question 12

Most settlers came from Virginia or Pennsylvania

Answer 12

true

Question 13

The North Holston Settlement was centered in present day bristol?

Answer 13

true

Question 14

William Bean was an early leader of the Carters Valley Settlement?

Answer 14

true

Question 15

Who organized the Nolichucky settlement?

Answer 15

Jacob brown

Question 16

James Robertson Lived in the Watauga settlement.

Answer 16

true

Question 17

In March 1760, Oconostota led an attack on the British Fort Loudon.

Answer 17

true

Question 18

The Proclamation of 1763 encouraged settlement west of the crest of the Appalachias.

Answer 18

false

Question 19

Long hunters were the only people licensed to cross into TN before the 1763 proclamation.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

The Cherokee who lived in TN were called the “overkill Cherokee”

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Until 1789, Tn was considered part of north carolina

Answer 21

true

Question 22

In December 1789, NC gave up its territorial claim to Tn and became SW territory

Answer 22

true

Question 23

At that time, The three middle Tennessee countries were Davidson, sumner, and Williamson?

Answer 23

true

Question 24

The governor of the Southwest Territory was a) John severe, B) Uriah stone, c) William Blount

Answer 24

William Blount

Question 25

The treaty of NY 1790 included all the TN regional tribes

Answer 25

false

Question 26

The creek nation sent representatives to NY to negotiate with Henry Knox

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Through the early 1790s, Middle Tn settlers were the targets of frequent attacks from native americans

Answer 27

true

Question 28

The territory’s population doubled between 1791 and 1795

Answer 28

true

Question 29

The mero district never had a higher population than the Eastern counties

Answer 29

false

Question 30

The state constitutional convention was held in Knoxville when?

Answer 30

1796

Question 31

the southwest territory’s governing document was a) the proclamation of 1763, b) the. northwest ordinance, c) the Cumberland compact

Answer 31

northwest ordinance

Question 32

at the time of its organization, the southwest territory had nine counties

Answer 32

false

Question 33

the treaty of Holston was signed in September of 1791

Answer 33

false

Question 34

George Roulstone published the Knoxville gazette newspaper

Answer 34

true

Question 35

the federal government originally estimated that the southwest territory had — acres of salable land a)500,000, b)11.5 million, c) 8 million, D) 5 million

Answer 35

11.5 million

Question 36

Blount established a temporary territorial capital at William Cobbs home, “rocky mount”

Answer 36

false

Question 37

After they had established the southwest territory, the federal government discovered they only had around 300,000 acres to sell

Answer 37

true

Question 38

in the 1795 census, —– enslaved were counted in the southwest territory population. a) 10,500, b) 500, c) 3876, d) 12,030

Answer 38

10,500

Question 39

the original TN state constitution granted the right to vote only to free, white, landowning males

Answer 39

true

Question 40

Tn officially became a state on feb 6, 1796

Answer 40

false

Question 41

Tn entered statehood on June 1, 1796

Answer 41

true

Question 42

Tn first governor was John Donelson

Answer 42

false

Question 43

Murfreesboro became the state capital in 1819

Answer 43

true

Question 44

the Chickasaw purchase of 1818 opened the west Tn for settlement

Answer 44

true

Question 45

Andrew Jackson became a national hero during this war

Answer 45

war of 1812

Question 46

the religious movement that began in KY and Tn in the late 1790 was called the second great revival

Answer 46

false

Question 47

the reverend William Mcgee was one of the first leaders of the new religious movement

Answer 47

true

Question 48

camp meetings were often attended by thousands of people and lasted several days

Answer 48

true

Question 49

in 1829, — ——– resigned as TN governor and moved to texas

Answer 49

sam Houston

Question 50

in 1824, Andrew Jackson lost his first presidential bid to whom? a) John Adams, b) Thomas Jefferson, c) John Quincy Adams, d) sam adams

Answer 50

John Quincy Adams

Question 51

Before 1843, how many times did Tn change capitals?

Answer 51

5

Question 52

the federal government agreed to pay 300,000 to the Chickasaw for the land that would become W TN

Answer 52

true

Question 53

this treaty ended Cherokee land claims in Tn for good. a) Chickasaw treaty, b) Jackson-McMinn treaty, c) treaty of new echota, d) treaty of paris

Answer 53

Treaty of new echota

Question 54

by 1819, all Indian claims to Tn lads were over

Answer 54

true

Question 55

Andrew Jackson was one of the co-founders of memphis

Answer 55

true

Question 56

Meriwether Lewis dies while traveling. a) great western road, b)Tennessee river, c) southwest trunk road, d) Natchez trace

Answer 56

natchez trace

Question 57

Bootleggeres and prostitutes were sometimes seen plying their trade at religious revivals during the second great awakening

Answer 57

true

Question 58

Andrew Jackson was at the head of a major political machine that dominated politics in Tn and nationally from the 1820s-1840s

Answer 58

true

Question 59

perhaps the largest revival took place in front of 25,000 in a) cane ridge, b) sumner county, TN. c) Nashville, TN. d) Bucksnort, TN

Answer 59

cane ridge ky

Question 60

Bishop Francis asbury kept a journal while traveling for revivals

Answer 60

true

Question 61

Tn was the last star to secede.

Answer 61

false

Question 62

E TN fully supported secession from union

Answer 62

false

Question 63

Governor Isham Harris was fully against joining the confederacy

Answer 63

false

Question 64

Lincolns call for union troops pushed many tennesseans to the confederate cause