quiz 12 Flashcards
The first frontier state to be admitted into the union
Kentucky
Blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap so that settlers could go from North Carolina to Kentucky
Daniel Boone
This general defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Anthony Wayne
The personal secretary of President Jefferson who was asked to explore Louisiana
Meriwether Lewis
How much the United States payed for the Louisiana purchase
$15 million
The ordinance that called for Congress to administer the Northwestern Territory by appointing a governor and three judges to govern the settlers
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This port city located on the Mississippi River controlled all shipping in the West
New Orleans
How much the United States payed per acre for the Louisiana purchase
4 cents per acre
This treaty established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlement
Treaty of Grenville
The large rafts with flat bottoms that pioneers used to follow the rivers west
Flat boats