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40 Cards in this Set
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person who does something first, preparing the way for others |
Pioneer |
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Most famous pioneer of colonial times |
Daniel Boone |
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During the war Boone heard tales about what place? He longed to explore it |
Kentucky |
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Boone was asked to return to Kentucky and clear a path. What was it called? |
Wilderness Road |
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Boone went through the forest and over mountain, through where? |
Cumberland Gap |
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In 1775 pioneers built a settlement in Kentucky. What did they name it? |
Boonesborough |
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After the War of Indendence the United States gained what land? |
Northwest Territory |
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What states made up the Northwest Territory? |
Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota |
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After settlers began to flock to the Northwest territory, Congress had to pass what law? |
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 guarantee? |
That the freedoms which the states enjoyed would be guaranteed to the new territory |
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What freedoms were guaranteed by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? |
freedom of religion, outlawed slavery, guaranteed fair treatment of American Indians, and provided for a trial by jury for all citizens of the United States |
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What was the first region to be settled in the Northwest Territory |
Ohio |
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To reach Ohio from Pennsylvania, a family would need what to travel? |
covered wagon |
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What would families put in their covered wagons? |
see for gardens, a plow, tools, nails, guns, an iron kettle, cooking utensils, spinning wheels, blankets |
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In Pittsburgh they sold their wagons and bout what? |
flatboat |
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Ohio became what state in the nation? When? |
17th, 1803 |
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first major man-made canal in the United States |
Erie Canal |
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A English man who helped shaped education in America? |
Noah Webster |
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Who wrote the first major dictionary? |
Noah Webster |
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What was Noah's most famous book? What was it nicknamed? |
American Spelling Book. Blue Backed Speller |
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Presbyterian minister from Pennsylvania and Ohio who wrote a series of textbooks? |
William McGuffey |
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What textbooks did he McGuffey write? How many copies sold? |
McGuffey readers. 122 million copies |
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In the 1790's, a revival began? What was it called? |
Second Great Awakening |
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Great English founder of the Methodist church? |
John Wesley |
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Wesley sent who to establish churches in America? |
Francis Asbury |
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preachers who rode regular routes, or circuits, preaching in different areas |
circuit riding preachers |
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One of the best known circuit riders? |
Peter Cartwright |
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a slave that accepted Christ thorugh the preaching of circuit riders? |
Richar Allen |
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What church became the core for the first black denomination in the U.S.? |
Bethel Church |
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How was the spririt of revival keep alive in America? |
camp meetings |
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Great English writers that wrote hymns during the Second Great Awakening? |
Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley |
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America's first missionary to a foreign land, he was a black preacher who earned support while being a missionary in Jamica |
George Liele |
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Who founded America's first black Baptist congreagation? |
Andrew Bryan |
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A missionary who accepted Christ at a haystack prayer meeting? |
Samuel J. Mills |
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Father of American Missions |
Adoniram Judson |
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Who founded the African Baptist Missionary Society of Richmond? |
Lott Carey |
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Lott went to Liberia for missions and he brought what preacher? |
Collin Teague |
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Who became the governor of Liberia? |
Lott Carey |
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America's greatest contribution of the field of music |
Spirituals |
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the black slave that preached in Civil War hospitals? |
John Jaspar |
