For about how many years did John Greenleaf Whittier write poetry?
40
What 3 books would usually be found in a colonial school?
a Bible, a primer, and a speller
How many years did it take Mr. Webster to finish the dictionary?
20 years
The first American dictionary
The American Dictionary of the English Language
The writer of the first American textbook and the first American dictionary
Noah Webster
In what branch of Massachusetts government did Mr. Whittier serve?
state legislature
Where did Louisa May Alcott's family live?
Massachusetts
Davy Crockett served in Congress as a representative of ......
Tennessee
A former Spanish mission that was used as a forth by Texas soldiers
Alamo
President of Mexico who led his army against Texas
Santa Anna
A person, real of fictional, who is admired by the people of a particular place for his accomplishments.
Folk hero
This man served as the governor of Tennessee and later Texas
Sam Houston
Eighteen-minute battle that Mexico lost against Texas
The Battle of San Jacinto
A pioneer and explorer from Tennessee who died as a hero in the Battle of the Alamo
David "Davy" Crockett
Louisa's home was a stop on the ...... ...... where slaves stopped for food and rest.
Underground Railroad
Louisa May Alcott's most famous book
Little Women
The words to about how many hymns were written by Mr. Whittier?
about 100
A textbook for young children
primer
Why did Mr. Webster write the Blue-Backed Speller?
There were no American textbooks
This man was a Quaker poet
John Greenleaf Whittier
How many volumes of Christian poetry did Mr. Whittier write?
4
writer of Little Women and other books
Louisa May Alcott
The best-loved poem of John Greenleaf Whittier
Snow-Bound
Against what practice did John Greenleaf Whittier write articles and poems?
slavery
The first American textbook for children
Blue-Backed Speller