History Test 5

The first textbook for American children was the

• dictionary

• Blue-Backed Speller

• Snow-Bound

How long did it take to write the first American Dictionary?

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 20 years

​ (a)   wrote the Blue-backed Speller and the First American Dictionary.

• Noah Webster
• John Greenleaf Whittier
• Louisa Mat Alcott

What 3 books were usually found in a one-room schoolhouse?

• Bible

• primer

• Snow-Bound

• speller

Noah Webster's first book known as the Blue-backed Speller because it had a ____ cover.

​ Snow-Bound was a famous poem written by​ (a)  

• John Greenleaf Whittier
• Noah Webster
• Louisa May Alcott

Snow-Bound was written about the author's memory of his

• dog

• family

• career

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

​ Louisa May Alcott wrote ​ (a)  

• Little Women
• Snow-bound
• Blue-backed Speller

Louisa May Alcott was a ​ (a)   during the Civil War.

• nurse
• teacher