Noah Webster/Davy Crockett
BONUS
Santa Anna/Sam Houston
Louisa May Alcott/John Greenleaf Whittier
Vocab 2
100
What was the first American textbook for children called?
the Blue-Backed Speller
100
What is state J?
Michigan
100
What did the Texans use use the Alamo used for?
a fort
100
What poem did John Greenleaf Whitter write?
Snow-Bound
100
Who is the person in a story who is admired by the people of a particular place for his accomplishments?
folk hero
200
What book took twenty years to write?
the first American dictionary
200
What is state C?
Nebraska
200
What country did the Texans fight against for their independence?
Mexico
200
John Greenleaf Whittier's poems were set to music and used as _________.
hymns
200
Who wrote Little Women?
Louisa May Alcott
300
Noah Webster wrote the first American _________________.
dicationary
300
What is state G?
Missouri
300
Who was the Mexican president that fought against the Texans?
Santa Anna
300
Louisa May Alcott's home was a stop on the ___________________.
Underground Railroad
300
Who wrote four volumes of Christian poetry expressing love for God?
Noah Webster
400
Davy Crockett served in Congress as a representative of what state?
Tennessee
400
List two books that were usually found in a one-room schoolhouse.
Bible, Primer, Speller
400
Who did the Texas soldiers choose to be their leader in their fight for freedom against Mexico?
Sam Houston
400
Snow-Bound was written in memory of Whittier's _____________.
family
400
Who was the governor of Tennessee and later Texas?
Sam Houston
500
Why did Noah Webster's first book become known as the Blue-Backed Speller?
It had a blue cover.
500
After gaining their independence, the Republic of ___________ Sam Houston as its first president.
Texas
500
Louisa May Alcott worked as a _________ during the Civil War.
nurse
500
Who was the famous pioneer that died at the Alamo?
Davy Crockett