Famous People
This man wrote the first major American dictionary.
Noah Webster
Preachers who traveled from town to town were called these.
Circuit Riders
The trail blazed by Daniel Boone was called this.
Wilderness Road
This American general won the Battle of New Orleans.
Andrew Jackson
Gold miners during the California Gold Rush were called these.
Forty-Niners
She acted as a guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark.
Sacagawea
This fiery Black preacher ministered in Civil War hospitals.
John Jasper
This document guaranteed freedom of religion in the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance
Sam Houston captured Santa Anna after this battle.
Battle of San Jacinto
Empty towns left behind after gold miners moved on were called these.
Ghost Towns
This pioneer is considered the most famous of colonial times.
Daniel Boone
He is known as the “Father of American Missions.”
Adoniram Judson
Lewis and Clark explored land gained from this purchase.
Louisiana Purchase
The War of 1812 ended with this treaty.
Treaty of Ghent
The first major man-made canal in the U.S. was this.
The Eerie Canal
This man was America’s first missionary to a foreign land.
Adoniram Judson
This man is known as the “Father of Western African Missions.”
George Liele
This battle is the most heroic and remembered in Texas history.
The Alamo
This purchase added land to southern New Mexico and Arizona.
The Gadsden Purchase
California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of other states came from this purchase.
The Mexican Cession
This preacher led the Haystack Prayer Meetings.
Samuel J. Mills
The Whitmans were famous missionaries to this region.
Oregon Territory
This treaty officially ended the War of 1812.
Treaty of Ghent
This purchase more than doubled the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase
The president responsible for the Louisiana Purchase was this man.
Thomas Jefferson