SS Ch. 20: The Tennessee Frontier

People who traveled the mountains and would be away from home to hunt furs for months or years were called:

• pioneers

• Daniel Boone

• long hunters

• William Bean

More people wanted to settle the frontier after they heard about the:

• conestoga wagons

• good land available

• wilderness road

• rugged trails

How did people hear about available land to the west?

• long hunters

• pioneers

• tourists

• farmers

Who built a cabin on the Watauga River?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• Both

Who built the Wilderness Road?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• Both

Who was a long hunter?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• Both

Who explored the frontier?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• both

Who was one of the first permanent settlers in what is now TN?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• both

Who established a town on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains?

• Daniel Boone

• William Bean

• both

Settlers used _______ to move west because they were made to handle the rugged trails in the mountains.

• trucks

• cars

• horses

• conestoga wagons