Quiz 13, Chapter 8, pp. 144-149

Question 1

Which was the first frontier state to be admitted to the Union?

Answer 1

Kentucky

Question 2

Who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap so that settlers could go from NC to KY?

Answer 2

Daniel Boone

Question 3

What general defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers?

Answer 3

Anthony Wayne

Question 4

Which personal secretary did President Jefferson ask to explore the newly acquired land of Louisiana?

Answer 4

Meriwether Lewis

Question 5

How much money did the US pay for the Louisiana Territory?

Answer 5

$15 million

Question 6

What ordinance called for Congress to administer the Northwest Territory by appointing a governor and three judges to govern for the settlers?

Answer 6

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Question 7

What port city on the Mississippi River controlled all shipping in the West?

Answer 7

New Orleans

Question 8

What did the Louisiana Purchase cost the US per acre?

Answer 8

less than 4 cents an acre

Question 9

What treaty established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlement?

Answer 9

Treaty of Greenville

Question 10

Name the large rafts with flat bottoms that pioneers used to follow the rivers west.

Answer 10

flatboats