Chapter 9 History Test Review

Historians

100

The most famous pioneer of the colonial times

Daniel Boone

200

The man who wrote the first major American dictionary.

Noah Webster

300

Fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil War hospitals.

John Jasper

400

One of the best-known circuit-riding preachers

Peter Cartwright

500

Leader of the "haystack prayer meetings"

Samuel J. Mills

True/False

100

One reason America declared war on England in 1860 was because the English were kidnapping American sailors. 

False- 1812

200

The Whitmans were the most famous missionaries to Oregon.

True

300

Jonathan Goble was the first Baptist missionary to Japan.

True

400

The Gadsden Purchase of 1803 more than doubled the size of the United States.

False- Louisiana

500

General Sam Houston captured Santa Anna and the Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo.

False- San Jacinto

Short Answer 1

100

The first major man-made canal in the United States

Erie Canal

200

The treaty that officially ended the War of 1812 was the

Treaty of Ghent

300

Empty, deserted towns left after gold miners had moved on were called

Ghost towns

400

Preachers who traveled from town town preaching in areas that had no pastor were called

Circuit-riding preachers

500

The group that introduced the spiritual to the northern states and Europe was the

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Short Answer 2

100

America's greatest contribution to the field of music 

Spiritual

200

The most heroic and best-remembered battle in Texas's struggle for independence was at the

Alamo

300

Gold miners in the California Gold Rush were called

Forty-niners

400

Freedom of religion and protection to those settling in the Northwest Territory was guaranteed by the 

Northwest Ordinance

500

The trail blazed by Daniel Boone for pioneers headed West is called the

Wilderness Road

???

100

One of the beloved hymn writers of the 1800s

Isaac Watts

200

The President responsible for obtaining the Louisiana Purchase

Thomas Jefferson

300

The author of a children's reading series used in America in the 1800s. 

William McGuffey

400

The purchase that makes up the states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado.

Mexican Cession

500

The purchase that makes up the southern parts of the states of New Mexico and Arizona.

Gadsden Purchase