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Worksheets8.28
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
8.28
As settlers pushed West, more and more territories began to apply for statehood. ___________ became a state as a result of ____________.
(choose 2)
Tennessee
westward expansion
Georgia
ratification
When North Carolina gave up its western land to the federal government, it created ____ where Tennessee is located today.
The northwest Territory
The southwest territory
The north south territory
The west north territory
The Warrior's Path, Boone Trace, and the Wilderness Road were all examples of
the Northwest territory
Places of worship
Hunting Grounds
Frontier Roads
a person who buys and sells land for profit, purchasing land at cheap prices in hopes of selling it later at a higher price
land former
landscaper
land speculator
land surveyor
____ were the first European people to come into what is now Tennessee
longhunters
shorthunters
bighunters
smallhunters
longhunters were
groups of animals that traveled together to attack villages
groups of 5-6 women who traveled together looking for berries to eat
groups of 2-3 men who traveled together looking for game (stuff to hunt)
groups of Europeans who traveled together to find wealth in mines
longhunters impacted the settlement of Tennessee by
returning to their homes in the North and telling people about the land East of the Appalachian Mountains and people began moving out of Tennessee
returning to their homes in Europe and telling people to stay away from the lands of Tennessee.
returning to their homes in the South and telling people about the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and people began to move to Tennessee.
returning to their homes in the East, and telling people about the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and people began to move to Tennessee.
a fleet of small ships is called a
voyage
carrier
flotilla
sail
Tennessee could become a state in 1795 because
it had a large enough trail base for statehood
it had a large enough population for statehood
it had a large enough game population for statehood
it had a large enough congress following for statehood
June 1, 1796 - Congress gave its approval and Tennessee entered as the ___ state of the Union.
16th
2nd
50th
12th
another word for delegates is
congress
representatives
independence
peasants
Tennessee's state constitution was modeled after the constitutions of
Georgia and North Carolina
South Carolina and Georgia
Virginia and Massachusetts
North Carolina and Pennsylvania
There are ___ articles in Tennessee's constitution
10
11
6
4
Article 11 of Tennessee's constitution is a
declaration of independence
declaration of rights
declaration of wealth
declaration of self
Both the Tennessee state Constitution's Declaration of Rights AND the US Constitution's Bill of Rights have ____ in common.
protecting the rights of the jury to attack the criminal
protecting the right to food and a fair meal
protecting the right to a jury and a fair trial
protecting the right to a phone call for the criminal
Which trend led to Tennessee eventually becoming the sixteenth state? [8.28]
war with France
westward expansion
war with Britain
shortage of water in the East
In what year did Tennessee become the sixteenth state? [8.28]
1763
1776
1796
1812
