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27 Cards in this Set
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The ______ is the area beyond settled land.
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frontier
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What man was an experienced wilderness guide in the NC Mountains?
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Daniel Boone
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A low place between two moutains through trails and road are often made is called a....
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gap
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The easiest way to get from Virginia to Kentucky was through the ___ ____.
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Cumberland Gap
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Many pioneers followed the Wilderness Road an other trails west to ___ & ____.
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Kentucky
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Trading for goods for other goods without using money is called...
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bartering
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Why did the British not allow colonists to settle west of the Blue Ridge Mountains?
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To avoid conflict between the Cherokees and the colonists
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Why were mountain farms so small?
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The ground was very rocky (and the slopes were often steep)
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Did mountain farms have a problem with the ground being too wet?
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No
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Did everyone in the Mountain region think that North Carolina should remain in the Union?
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No
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Did people in the Mountain region disagree about whether or not N.C. should leave the Union?
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Yes
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What caused the Cherokee population to decline so quickly?
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European diseases
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The Cherokees exchanged animal hides for ....
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metal tools
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Which president ignored a court ruling that protected Cherokee land, and sent soldiers to force the Cherokee to leave their homes?
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Andrew Jackson
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What were the Cherokee forced to do?
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Walk 1000 miles to the Indian Territory.
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The Indian Removal Act forced ____ ____ east of the Mississippi to move to what is today ______.
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Native Americans
Oklahoma |
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A group of Cherokees who refused to move west hid in the ___ ___ ___
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Great Smoky Mountains
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The Cumberland Gap led from ___ to ____.
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Virginia
Kentucky |
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Daniel Boone was one of the first pioneers to make trails through the __ ___ Mountains.
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Blue Ridge
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Because mountain settlers lived far from stores, what did this cause them to become?
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Self-sufficient.
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Being self-sufficient means...
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making your own stuff, such as growing food, making clothes, soap, tools, etc.
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Because the farms in the mountains were much smaller than the plantations in the coastal plain, what did this mean for the amount of slaves needed?
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They didn't need as many slaves. Less land = less help needed = fewer slaves needed.
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What was it that really caused the passage of the Indian Removal Act?
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Discovery of gold in 1829 on Cherokee land by prospectors
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A person who looks for gold or other valuable minerals & rocks is a...
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prospector
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With the passage of the Indian Removal Act, the land was now opened up for....
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white settlers
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The walk of the Cherokee from N.C. to Oklahoma was called the ___ ___ ___
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Trail of Tears
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What law did Andrew Jackson help pass that forced the Cherokee out of N. C.?
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Indian Removal Act
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