Native Americans (the frontier wasn't so new to them)
I Know That Guy
Little House on the Prairie (or Pioneer Life)
Tom, Jim, Jimmy, John, and Andrew (the Presidents)
100
This 1803 event doubled the size of the United States.
What is The Louisiana Purchase?
100
The 1,000 mile journey the Cherokee were forced to make to the Indian Territory came to be known by this name.
What the Trail of Tears?
100
This guy published the first dictionary of English that was uniquely American.
Who is Noah Webster?
100
This is how the pioneer women spent most of their days.
What is caring for the children and farms?
100
The first six presidents were from these two states.
What are Virginia and Massachusetts?
200
After the War of 1812, the signing of this treaty was an example of the rise of nationalism.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
200
These people fought with the Native Americans for land.
Who were the settlers or pioneers?
200
This guy created an alphabet for the Cherokee language.
Who is Sequoya?
200
Most pioneers traveled west using ________ or _________.
What is a flatboat or a covered wagon?
200
This president created a new foreign policy which said the US would not get involved in fights between other countries as long as European countries stayed out of North and South America.
Who was James Monroe? (the Monroe Doctrine)
300
This foreign policy warned other countries that the United States might act to protect the Western Hemisphere after the War of 1812.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
300
This Mingo Indian chief was friendly to the pioneers until they killed his family; after that, he led many attacks against them.
Who is Chief Logan?
300
This guy led an expedition up the Mississippi River to discover its source. He also tried to climb a really high mountain which is named for him in what is now Colorado.
Who is Zebulon Pike? (Pike's Peak!)
300
This condition in the original colonies is the reason for the Westward Expansion.
What is overcrowding?
300
This president's wife, Dolley, quickly collected important documents and a painting of George Washington from the White House when the British Army attacked Washington, D.C.
Who is James Madison?
400
Francis Scott Key wrote a poem when he saw the American flag still waving after a battle with the British. It became this song.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner?"
400
This Shoshone woman helped Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery communicate with other American Indians. She also helped Lewis and Clark trade horses and supplies.
Who is Sacagawea?
400
This guy helped clear the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap.
Who is Daniel Boone?
400
When pioneers arrived on the frontier, this is the first thing they did.
What is cut down trees to make a clearing?
400
This president removed government money from the national bank and signed the Indian Removal because he wanted to help settlers.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
500
In 1818, Congress passed a law saying the flag would have this many stripes and this many stars.
What is 13 and the number of states?
500
This was the response of John Ross, a Cherokee chief, to the Indian Removal Act.
What is go to the Supreme Court?
500
This Chief Justice ruled that the Indian Removal Act was against the law.
Who is Chief Justice John Marshall?
500
This is the main reason life was dangerous on the frontier.
What is frequent fights with American Indians?
500
He chose Lewis and Clark to explore the land he acquired through the Louisiana Purchase.