Ch. 11 Section 4 Check In

Who was the most famous early pioneer mentioned in the text?

• Henry Clay

• Daniel Boone

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

What was the name of the route cleared by Daniel Boone and his party?

• Oregon Trail

• Santa Fe Trail

• Wilderness Road

• Cumberland Path

Which mountain range did the Wilderness Road cross?

• Rocky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountains

• Sierra Nevada

• Cascade Range

By the early 1800s, how many states had joined the Union?

• Five

• Six

• Seven

• Eight

Why did private companies begin to build turnpikes or toll roads?

• To provide free travel for settlers

• To create scenic routes for tourists

• To move goods to market quickly and cheaply

• To connect major cities with railroads

What are corduroy roads made of?

• Asphalt

• Concrete

• Sawed-off logs, laid side by side

• Gravel

What was the National Road?

• The first road to use asphalt

• The first federally funded road

• The longest road in the world

• The first road to have streetlights

What is a canal?

• A natural river

• A channel dug across land and filled with water

• A type of bridge

• A type of road

Who proposed the canal from the Hudson River to Lake Erie?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• DeWitt Clinton

• Benjamin Franklin

In 1819, how many free states and slave states were there in the nation?

• 10 free states and 12 slave states

• 11 free states and 11 slave states

• 12 free states and 10 slave states

• 13 free states and 9 slave states