People
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In Writing
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Vocabulary
100
The writer of the first American textbook and the first American dictionary.
Noah Webster
100
Who was the famous pioneer who died at the Alamo?
David Crockett
100
Who wrote four volumes of Christian poetry expressing love for God?
John Greenleaf Whittier
100
Point E on the map?
Minnesota
100
Why was the American Spelling Book known as the Blue-Backed Speller?
It had a blue cloth cover
200
A pioneer and explorer who died as a hero in the Battle of the Alamo.
David "Davy" Crockett
200
David Crockett served in Congress as a representative of what state?
Tennessee
200
The first American textbook for children?
Blue-Backed Speller
200
Point J on the map?
Michigan
200
A former Spanish mission that was used as a fort by Texas soldiers.
Alamo
300
A quaker poet.
John Greenleaf Whittier
300
Louisa May Alcott's home was a stop on the _______________?
Underground Railroad
300
John Greenleaf Whittier wrote what famous poem?
Snow-Bound
300
Point C on the map?
Nebraska
300
The book Little Women was written about Louisa May Alcott's ____________.
Family
400
Writer of Little Women and other books.
Louisa May Alcott
400
Where did many Texans lose their lives fighting for the independence of Texas?
The Alamo
400
It took almost 20 years for Noah Webster to write the first American _____________.
Dictionary
400
Point F on the map?
Iowa
400
The eighteen minute battle that Mexico lost against Texas.
The Battle of San Jacinto
500
Pioneer, soldier, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
Sam Houston
500
Who was the governor of Tennessee and later Texas?
Sam Houston
500
Louisa May Alcott's most famous book.
Little Women
500
Point D on the map?
Kansas
500
A person, real of fictional, who is admired by the people of a particular place for his accomplishments.
Folk hero
600
President of Mexico who led his army against Texas.
Santa Anna
600
After gaining their independence from Mexico, the Republic of __________ elected Sam Houston as its first president.
Texas
600
What three books were usually found in a one-room schoolhouse?
Bible, a primer, and a speller
600
Point K on the map?
Indiana
600
During the Civil War, Louise May Alcott worked as a ____________ in a Union hospital.
Nurse