Early Frontiers

Question 1

What effect did Zebulon Pike have on American settlement?

Question 2

In the late 1700s, the passage of the Northwest Ordinance allowed for the

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A: creation of territories and states on Indigenous land.

Question 3

Which best describes the achievement of Zebulon Pike?

Question 4

Why was the Northwest Indian Confederation created?

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D: to defend Indigenous lands from US expansion

Question 5

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

Question 6

In the early 1800s, American pioneers settled much of the land east of the Mississippi River. Which area became a state first?

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A: Ohio

Question 7

During his explorations, Zebulon Pike searched for

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C: the source of the Mississippi River.

Question 8

During the late 1700s, the Wilderness Road led directly to the settlement of

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B: Kentucky.

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

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