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6th Grade History Test 8

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Noah Webster
wrote the first major American dictionary
Lewis and Clark
Sacagawea acted as their guide and interpreter
John Jasper
fiery black preacher who ministered in Civil War hospitals
Daniel Boone
The most famous pioneer of colonial times
Louisana Purchase
1803 purchase by the United States that more than doubled the size of the US
War of 1812
A war between the U.S. and Great Britain caused by American outrage over the kidnapping of American sailors by the British
Andrew Jackson
the American General responsible for the victory at the Battle of New Orleans
San Jacinto
Battle where Santa Anna and the Mexican Army was captured by General Sam Houston
Whitmans
The most famous missionaries to Oregon
Commodore Matthew Perry
Responsible for opening American trade with Japan
Wilderness Road
the trail into Kentucky that woodsman Daniel Boone helped to build
Northwest Ordinance
Law that declared freedom of religion and protection to those settling in the Northwest Territory
Erie Canal
the first major man-made canal in the United States
spiritual
America's greatest contribution to the field of music
Treaty of Ghent
Ended the War of 1812
forty-niners
people who went to California during the gold rush of 1849
Alamo
a mission and fort in San Antonio, Texas, where Mexican forces massacred rebellious Texans in 1836
ghost towns
former mining towns full of empty buildings where no one lives
William McGuffey
the author of a children's reading series used in America in the 1800s
Thomas Jefferson
the President responsible for obtaining the Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
the purchase that makes up the states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado
Gadsden Purchase
Agreement with Mexico that gave the US parts of present-day New Mexico & Arizona
Ohio River
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Gulf of Panama
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Arkansas River
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Angel Falls
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Snake River
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Gulf of Tehuantepec
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Madeira River
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Niagara Falls
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Paraná River
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Labrador Sea
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