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- This proved to be a wise investment, it allowed farmers to ship agricultural products east and manufacturers to ship manufactured goods west in a much easier and faster way than was possible over land.
- The name of the textbooks that William McGuffey wrote that sold over 122 million copies.
- this man was a slave who accepted Christ at the age of 17 through the preaching of a Methodist circuit rider
- Most students in the 1800s attended this type of schoolhouse.
- for many years the spirit of revival was kept alive in America by
- John Wesley sent this young Methodist evangelist to American to establish churches and Bible studies on the frontier
- Noah Webster's most famous book, The American Spelling Book, was nicknamed the _____________ ________________ because of its blue cover; it sold an estimated 100 million copies.
- There was a new revival happening in New England, which brought renewed spiritual fervor and interest in sharing the gospel; this was called the
- the music of these 2 great English writers became very popular during the Second Great Awakening
- Francis Asbury's students became known as ______________ __________ because they rode regular routes, or circuits, preaching in areas that did not have a pastor and wherever churches were in need of revival. They preached every day of the week, sometimes as many as six sermons a day.
- He is known as the great English founder of the Methodist church
- He was a Presbyterian minister from Pennsylvania and Ohio, who wrote a series of textbooks.
- together with about 30 strong men, Daniel Boone cleared a narrow path through land in Kentucky called ________________ __________________
- this path that Daniel Boone cleared went through the thick forests and over the mountains through the _______________ ____________.
- Which of the following involved a protest over taxation in front of the governor's building in massachusetts in 1770?
- This law guaranteed that the freedoms which the states enjoyed would also by present in the new territories. It guaranteed freedom of religion, outlawed slavery, guaranteed fair treatment of Native Americans, and provided for a trial by a jury for all citizens accused of crimes.
- One New England man who helped shaped American education was ________________ ________________, he was a scholar from Connecticut who wrote the 1st major American dictionary.
- Which war was a direct result of the French and Indian War?
- the population of Ohio grew so quickly that it became the ________ state of the United States in 1803
- Who brought up the idea of writing the Declaration of Independence?