Quiz 13, Chapter 8, pp. 144-149 Flashcards
Which was the first frontier state to be admitted to the Union?
Kentucky
Who blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap so that settlers could go from NC to KY?
Daniel Boone
What general defeated the Indians at the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Anthony Wayne
Which personal secretary did President Jefferson ask to explore the newly acquired land of Louisiana?
Meriwether Lewis
How much money did the US pay for the Louisiana Territory?
$15 million
What ordinance called for Congress to administer the Northwest Territory by appointing a governor and three judges to govern for the settlers?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
What port city on the Mississippi River controlled all shipping in the West?
New Orleans
What did the Louisiana Purchase cost the US per acre?
less than 4 cents an acre
What treaty established a boundary line between Indian lands and the areas open to new settlement?
Treaty of Greenville
Name the large rafts with flat bottoms that pioneers used to follow the rivers west.
flatboats
