SS Midterm 2021

Identify the significance of the Watauga Settlement.

• Settlers formed their own government.

• Settlers formed an alliance with the Cherokee.

• Settlers built their fort along the Watauga River.

• Settlers followed all of Great Britain’s laws for new settlements.

Put a ✓ next to statements that are TRUE about the Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

• U.S. forces fought the Red Sticks (Creek Indians).

• Andrew Jackson led the U.S. forces

• The battle occurred during the American War of 1812

• U.S. forces lost the battle.

When the Civil War broke out, voters in which grand division of Tennessee supported remaining in the Union?

• West Tennessee

• Middle Tennessee

• East Tennessee

What part of Tennessee do you live in?

• West Tennessee

• East Tennessee

• Middle Tennessee

Why were these people called the Overmountain settlers?

• a. Because they settled west of, or over, the Rocky Mountains

• b. Because they settled west of, or over, the Sierra Nevada Mountains

• c. Because they settled west of, or over, the Appalachian Mountains

What is the Lost State of Franklin?

• Tennessee’s first attempt at statehood

• land taken away from Tennessee after the Revolutionary War

• territory Tennessee lost to North Carolina

• territory North Carolina gave to Tennessee

A source usually created at the time in question that provides firsthand evidence. Examples include newspaper articles, photographs, diary entries, interviews and financial records.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Bias

• Opinion

A source that was not created at the time being studied, but instead uses sources that were created at that time as evidence to draw conclusions. Scholarly books and articles are examples.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Opinion

• Source

Which letter shows the Great Smoky Mountains?

• A

• B

• D

• F

Which letter shows the Gulf Coastal Plains?

• A

• C

• D

• E