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Part 4- New Nation and Statehood

      1.  The founding of ________________   _______________________ (later         

            Nashville) was happening while the American Revolution was taking place.

2. What did John Ferguson name the mountain that they found the British on during the Revolutionary War?_____________________________

3. Who was the State of Franklin named after?______________________________

4. They elected _____________________  ___________________ to be the first governor of the State of Franklin.

5. Was the state of Franklin successful?_________________________________

6. Tennessee stopped being a part of North Carolina and became part of the _______________  ________________________.

7. Who was the first governor of the Southwest Territory?_____________________

8. In ______________, the people living in the Southwest Territory voted three to one to become a new state.

9. Tennessee became the ____________ state of the United States.

10. Who was elected the first Governor of Tennessee? _______________________

11. Where was the new state capital?________________________________

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Part 5-The Wild West

1. Large areas of land in Tennessee were bought one piece at a time form the _____________, ____________________, and ___________________ tribes.

2. How many people  lived in Tennessee in 1800?___________________________

3. What people made up this population?___________________________________

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4. In 1810, what might a typical farm in Tennessee grow?_____________________

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5. Who did most of the work on the farms in Tennessee?______________________

6.  What was Tennessee’s biggest land expansion called? ______________________

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Part 6- Big Names

1. What was Andrew Jackson’s greatest military victory ever?__________________

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2.  In 1828 Andrew Jackson was elected ____________ of the United States – the first person to ever hold that office who was not from one of the ___________  _____________   ________________.   

3. What was the most controversial thing Andrew Jackson ever did?_____________

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4. Andrew Jackson’s home in ______________ was called _______________ and today it is preserved just the way it was when he was alive.

5. Nancy Ward was born as a member of the _______________ tribe sometime around 1738, and at that time her name was Nan’yehi.

6. Later in life, as European settlers took over parts of Tennessee , she began to blend into the white world, and she became known as ___________________.

7. Crockett was born in _____________ County in 1805 and as a young man he, at different times, lived in Lincoln, ____________, Lawrence and __________ counties (today there is a monument or park to him just about everywhere he lived).

8. What political positions did Davy Crockett hold?__________________________

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9. Davy Crockett was one of 136 Americans killed at the ________________  _____   ____  _______________ in San Antonio, Texas, on March 6, 1836, making him a legend in two states. 

10. ____________  _______________ also became governor of two American states even though he seemed to prefer Native American culture over white culture.

11. When Sam Houston was a teenager, what Indian tribe did he run away to live with?________________________________________

12. What happened after Sam Houston became governor of Tennessee that shocked everyone?________________________________________________________

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13. What was one major difference between Native American tribes and white settlers?_____________________________________________  

14. Who was elected president of the United States in 1844?____________________

15. While Polk was president, we went to war with Mexico over _____________ in what we now call the ____________________________ War.

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