8.28

8.28

As settlers pushed West, more and more territories began to apply for statehood. ___________ became a state as a result of ____________.

(choose 2)

• Tennessee

• westward expansion

• Georgia

• ratification

When North Carolina gave up its western land to the federal government, it created ____ where Tennessee is located today.

• The northwest Territory

• The southwest territory

• The north south territory

• The west north territory

The Warrior's Path, Boone Trace, and the Wilderness Road were all examples of

• the Northwest territory

• Places of worship

• Hunting Grounds

• Frontier Roads

a person who buys and sells land for profit, purchasing land at cheap prices in hopes of selling it later at a higher price

• land former

• landscaper

• land speculator

• land surveyor

____ were the first European people to come into what is now Tennessee

• longhunters

• shorthunters

• bighunters

• smallhunters

longhunters were

• groups of animals that traveled together to attack villages

• groups of 5-6 women who traveled together looking for berries to eat

• groups of 2-3 men who traveled together looking for game (stuff to hunt)

• groups of Europeans who traveled together to find wealth in mines

longhunters impacted the settlement of Tennessee by

• returning to their homes in the North and telling people about the land East of the Appalachian Mountains and people began moving out of Tennessee

• returning to their homes in Europe and telling people to stay away from the lands of Tennessee.

• returning to their homes in the South and telling people about the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and people began to move to Tennessee.

• returning to their homes in the East, and telling people about the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and people began to move to Tennessee.

a fleet of small ships is called a

• voyage

• carrier

• flotilla

• sail

Tennessee could become a state in 1795 because

• it had a large enough trail base for statehood

• it had a large enough population for statehood

• it had a large enough game population for statehood

• it had a large enough congress following for statehood

June 1, 1796 - Congress gave its approval and Tennessee entered as the ___ state of the Union.

• 16th

• 2nd

• 50th

• 12th