Unit 2 Review

Who was the first governor of Tennessee?

• Andrew Jackson

• James K. Polk

• John Sevier

• Sam Houston

How many people have to live in a territory in order for it to become a state?

• 6,000

• 60,000

• 600,000

• 6,000,000

In what year did Tennessee become a state?

• 1776

• 1796

• 1812

• 1865

In what battles did Andrew Jackson fight?

• Battle of King's Mountain

• Battle of Horseshoe Bend

• Battle of Watauga

• Battle of New Orleans

What TWO states did Sam Houston govern?

• Tennessee

• Texas

• Virginia

• West Virginia

In 1818, how was the western boundary of Tennessee expanded?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Watauga Compact

• Jackson Purchase

• Treaty of Echota

Why was the forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral home called "The Trail of Tears"?

• Many people died on the journey west.

• Many people did not want to leave their homes.

• They left a rivers of tears that can now be kayaked.

• It was a long and difficult journey.

Why did the Creek Indians most likely choose to fight in the place shown on the map?

• The river provided them food.

• The river provided them protection.

• They refused to move village.

• They had been trapped in the village.

Complete the analogy. Andrew Jackson: Old Hickory

• Sam Houston: Young Birch

• Davy Crockett: Flaky Aspen

• James K. Polk: Young Hickory

Complete the analogy. John Ross: Treaty of Echota

• Davy Crockett: Manifest Destiny

• Dragging Canoe: Indian Removal Act

• James K. Polk: American Revolution

• Sequoyah: Cherokee Syllabary