History Study Guide (Test Friday)

4th Grade History Study Guide – Chapter 12

People

• Daniel Boone- pioneer who blazed the Wilderness Road;  Boonesborough, Kentucky, was named after

• Lewis and Clark – sent by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory and the Northwest Territory

• Sam Houston – chosen to lead the Texans in their fight for independence

• Francis Scott Key – wrote our national anthem during the battle at Fort McHenry

• James Monroe – President who bought Florida from Spain

• James K. Polk – President during the Mexican War

• Sacagawea – led Lewis and Clark through the wilderness

• Noah Webster – first person in America to write school books for children

• Whitmans – served as missionaries in Oregon Territory

 Facts to know

• Gadsden Purchase – land bought just above the Mexican border on which to build a railroad

• Louisiana Purchase – doubled the size of the United States

• Northwest Territory – area of land later became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin

• War of 1812 – war between England and America with NO winner

• Alamo – a Spanish mission where 187 men died for the freedom of Texans

• San Jacinto – the place where the Texans defeated Santa Anna and his army

• Gold – important natural resource in California that caused settlers to rush there to find it

Map work – know these U.S. territories to place on a blank map

• Oregon Territory
• Mexican Cession
• Gadsden Purchase
• Louisiana Purchase
• Texas Annexation
• Northwest Territory
• Original colonies
• Florida