Chapter 9, Lesson 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle | The Most Fun Classroom Games!

English 18 Public

Exploring the West

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What word means "a low place between mountains?"

gap

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What was blocking people from traveling west to start farms near the frontier?

the Appalachian Mountains

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What is the point where the present-day states of Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky meet called?

the Cumberland Gap

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A private company hired this man and his team to widen the trail through the Cumberland Gap.

Daniel Boone

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an early settler of an area (Daniel Boone was one.)

pioneer

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Daniel Boone and his men built this, which became the main route to the West.

the Wilderness Road

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By 1792, this had become the 15th state, the first one west of the Appalachians.

Kentucky

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What state did a group of settlers in North Carolina try to form, but it failed?

the state of Franklin

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Who became the first governor of Tennessee?

John Sevier

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Who was the third President of the United States?

Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the leader of France who made a deal with Thomas Jefferson?

Napoleon Bonaparte

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What was the deal that Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon made?

The Louisiana Purchase

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What two men were chosen to explore the land in the Louisiana Purchase?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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What was Lewis and Clark's team called?

the Corps of Discovery

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He was Clark's slave who made the trip. He was very skilled at hunting and fishing.

York

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At Fort Mandan, Lewis and Clark hired her to help guide them through the Shoshone lands.

Sacagawea

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