Test 5 Review American 1800s

Choose all books usually found in a one-room schoolhouse. (hint-3)

• Bible

• speller

• encyclopedia

• primer

• comics

Why was Noah Webster's first book known as the Blue-Backed Speller?

• It had big blue letters.

• It had blue pictures.

• It had a blue cover.

• The spine had a blue stripe.

Who wrote the Blue-Backed Speller?

• Sam Houston

• Davy Crockett

• Noah Webster

• Santa Anna

Which book took almost 20 years to write?

• The American Almanac

• The American Dictionary

• The American Encyclopedia

• The American Thesaurus

Name of the famous poem written by John Greenleaf Whittier?

• Snow-Bound

• Snow-Down

• Snow-Sound

• Slow-Down

Snow-Bound was written in honor of the author's _______.

• cousins

• best friends

• family

• neighbors

Who wrote 4 volumes of Christian poetry expressing a love for God?

• Davy Crockett

• Louisa May Alcott

• Noah Webster

• John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier's poems were set to music and used as _______.

• stories

• dances

• hymns

• commercials

Louisa May Alcott's home was on what famous trail?

• The Northwest Passage

• The Underground Railroad

• The Wilderness Road

• The Aboveground Railroad

During the Civil War, Louisa May Alcott's job was ________.

• a nurse

• a teacher

• a lawyer

• a cook