Important Words
What is a primer?
a textbook in school for young children
What was the speech written by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Gettysburg Address
What was the name of the trail that stretched from Virginia to Kentucky?
Wilderness Road
What war was going on when Noah Webster was in college?
War for Independence
What did Abe grow because a little girl thought it would help him become President?
whiskers (a beard)
What is open, free land where few people have settled?
frontier
Who shot President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What was the name of the settlement named after Boone at the end of the Wilderness Road?
Boonesborough
What were Webster's parents willing to sell so he could go to college?
the family farm
Name 2 jobs that Abe Lincoln had.
storekeeper
carpenter
farmer
soldier
postmaster
government leader
Who was a pioneer?
a person who travels into an unknown land to settle there
Who was the tribe of Native Americans that sold Kentucky?
Cherokees
Who told Daniel Boone about Kentucky?
John Finley
What college did Noah want to attend?
Yale College
Who became president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
What war was fought between the Civil War and the Confederate States?
Civil War
Who bought Kentucky from the Cherokee Indians?
Colonel Richard Henderson
During what war did Daniel Boone drive a supply wagon for the British?
French and Indian War
How many years did it take Webster to write his American dictionary?
20 years
What was signed that made slavery illegal in the United States?
13th Amendment to the Constitution
What was the Union?
What was the nickname for the American Spelling Book?
"Blue-Backed Speller"
Who rode 160 miles to warn Boonesborough of Indian attack?
Daniel Boone
After graduating from college, what job did Webster take?
a teacher
What document did Abe Lincoln sign that said that the slaves in the southern states were free?
Emancipation Proclamation