Early Frontiers

Question 1

In the early 1800s, why was there so little settlement on the Great Plains?

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Conditions there were not suitable for the kind of farming done at that time.

Question 2

Which of the following terms refers to a territory beyond what is known or settled?

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frontier

Question 3

In the 1800s, what route did White settlers follow to settle the Pacific Coast?

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the Oregon Trail

Question 4

Who helped create a route through the Cumberland Gap called the Wilderness Road?

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Daniel Boone

Question 5

Which best describes the achievement of Zebulon Pike?

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Pike created widespread interest in Texas before it became a US territory.

Question 6

The settlement of Kentucky in 1775 was a direct result of

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the creation of the Wilderness Road.

Question 7

In 1794, US soldiers destroyed Indigenous villages to

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build Fort Defiance.

Question 8

The Cumberland Gap is located along the present-day border of which states?

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Kentucky and Tennessee

Question 9

What effect did Zebulon Pike have on American settlement?

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His findings encouraged settlers to move to Texas.

Question 10

Why did Indigenous people react with what is known as the Big Bottom Massacre of 1791?

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White settlers were invading their land.

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