8.28 Exit ticket - TN Statehood

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Why was the Cumberland Gap important to westward expansion?

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It was used through the 1800s by explorers and settlers as a way to get through the Appalachian Mountains.

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In January 1796, 55 delegates met at Knoxville to draft a constitution for Tennessee. This document was required for Tennessee to...

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become a state.

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The Jackson Purchase was part of the Treaty of Tuscaloosa signed by Andrew Jackson and the Chickasaws in 1818. It included the lands that made up...

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West Tennessee and parts of Kentucky.

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Which of the choices below best complete the diagram? A territorial census shows a population large enough for statehood. Knoxville is established as the first state capital. The Southwest Territory is created by the United States. More people move to the Cumberland settlements in the late 1700s.

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A territorial census shows a population large enough for statehood.

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The governor of the Southwest Territory that eventually moved the capital to Knoxville.

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William Blount

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The first governor of Tennessee when it became a state was...

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John Sevier

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The Cumberland River is linked to the Mississippi River through this....

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The Natchez Trace

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Andrew Jackson negotiated with ________ for land west of the Tennessee River and the tribe relocated to the southeast corner of Tennessee.

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Chickasaw

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This treaty allowed settlers to travel safely on the Tennessee River as well as East to Middle Tennessee, and it allowed the government to protect and handle foreign affairs for Cherokee.

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Treaty of Holston