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Episode 1: Into the Wilderness

1. Why is Daniel Boone on the run in the beginning of the episode?  Where is he?

In Kentucky , running form the Shawnee Indians

2. What is the “allure of the frontier?”

A place that people thought would get rich due to the richness in the earth

3. What is a buck?

A male deer

4. What lies beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

Over 2 Million Natives

5. What does Henderson recruit Boone to do?

So he could lead settlers to kentucky and into shawnee territory

6. What is the Wilderness Road?  How many pioneers follow it?

300,000 pioneers follow it and the trail is created by boone

7. Why did the settlers have to live in a fortified settlement?

protect themselves from natives

8. What is the name of the fort Boone constructs? Boonesborough

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9. Who is Black Fish?  What does he do to Boone’s settlement?

He was the war chief of the shawnee and had kidnapped 3 women

10. Why is Jemima Boone SO AWESOME?!

She had tore clothing to leave a trail for her father to find her

11. Following Daniel Boone capturing his daughter back, what document is signed in

Philadelphia?

The declaration of independence

12. What is the impact of the Revolution on Boonesborough?  Who do the British ally with?

British ally's were native americans, and the british had attacked colonies like

boonesborough

13. What is the gauntlet? What is Boone’s connection to it?

Form of punishment, used it against boone

14. What happens at Fort Detroit?

Surrendered to canadians

Episode 2: Never Surrender

1. Who is Tecumseh? Adopted son of blackfish

2. Where do the Shawnee live? Everywhere

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3. Why does the government need to sell lands in the west? To balance debt

4. Who famous explorer will be a part of Harrison's troops? Meriwether Lewis

5. What was the army's objective in the west? Kill the Shawnee

6. What is the significance of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? Guaranteed U.S domination

over natives

7. What did the Treaty of Greenville do? to end the hostilities that engulfed the great lakes

8. Who does Jefferson buy Louisiana from?  Why is it the greatest real estate deal ever?

Napoleon Bonaparte

9. How do Lewis and Clark first encounter each other? Army

10. How many pounds of gear did their expedition begin with? over 200 lbs

11. What does the historian mean when she says that Sacagawea was an ambassador for

Lewis and Clark? Befriended other natives, they don't die

12. How many new plants and animals are recorded by the expedition? 178 Plants 122

animals

13. What is the Shoshone miracle? Sacagawea finding her brother

14. What disease hits Tecumseh's tribe? Small pox

15. What is pan-Indianism? Unity of native tribes

16. What challenges do Lewis and Clark face on their trek through the Rockies? Food

17. Why do the British feel threatened by Lewis and Clark? Fort is an act of aggression

18. What does Tecumseh do to Britain’s offer? rejects the offer

19. What does Tecumseh create in 1808? first pan-indian village named prophetstown

20. What does Harrison do to Prophetstown when Tecumseh is away? torched it

21. What does the Battle of Tippecanoe do for Harrison? (makes him a national hero)

Helped establish Harrisons national reputation

22. Why was Fort Detroit so important? british planned an attack on americans using indians
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Episode 3: Live Free or Die

1. How many tribes did Tecumseh merge?  24/ 2 dozen

2. What future president was Tecumseh’s main adversary? William Henry Harrison

3. What future president was leader of the Tennessee militia that marched south to take on

the Red Stick faction?  Andrew jackson

4. What battle (a U.S. victory) was Tecumseh killed in?  Battle of Thames

5. What is the name of the new army recruit who joins Andrew Jackson in the search for
the creek Indians? Davy Crockett

6. How many black bears did Crockett claim to kill?  105

7. How long does it take Crockett to track down the Creek tribe?  2 weeks

8. What happened at Tallahatchie?  creek are slaughtered

9. What does Crockett try to do after battle? tried to leave

10. What do the British do to our capital?  Burned to the ground

11. What major port city do the British hope to gain?  New orleans

12. What’s in Jackson’s way of getting to New Orleans?  Swamps

13. By how much were the Americans outnumbered by at NO?  3:1

14. Hos many men does Jackson have to protect New Orleans? 4500

15. What was the Treaty that ended the War of 1812?  Treaty of ghent

16. What happens to the frontier Crockett once knew?  Farmers grown cotton farms

17. Who does Jackson run against for president?  John Quincy Adams

18. What was Jackson’s policy towards Native Americans?  Indian Removal act

19. How many Native Americans were forced to Oklahoma? 60,000

20. What was the Trail of Tears?  forced displacement of natives

21. What helped revitalize Crockett?the lion of the west

22. Where does Crockett go to start over?  Texas

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 Episode 4: Empire of Liberty

1. At the battle of the Alamo. Texans are outnumbered __ to 1. 15

2. How many minutes did it take for the Alamo to fall to Mexico? 90 minutes

3. Who was the leader of the army of Texas, who called upon Texans to remember the

Alamo? Sam Houston

4. In a month’s time, Houston's army swelled to how many men? 1,000

5. In just 18 minutes, the battle of San Jacinto is over. __630__ Mexicans die while only
___11_ Texans die.

6. In 1842, _______ was sent to map a route to Oregon, in an effort to encourage

settlement in the territory. John C. Fremont

7. What Kentucky frontiersman helped guide Fremont in his journey. Kit Carson

8. Over how many months did Fremont and Carson lead a team through the western

frontier? 5 Months

9. In the path known today as the Oregon Trail, about how many Americans used this route
to travel west? 400,000

10. In an effort to compare him to his mentor Andrew Jackson, the nickname young hickory
is given to what president? James K. Polk

11. Filled with vast resources, California was desired by America for what other reason?

Gold

12. In an official mapmaking expedition, James K. Polk send Fremont and Caron to
California to unofficially start what? A rebellion

13. After a border dispute on the Texas Mexico border. How many American soldier die? 11

14. After the bear flag revolt, Fremont and Carson had conquered the California coast in_2_

months.

15. Over 100 days how far did Carson have to travel to get a message to Washington about
California? 1600

16. Prior to making it to Washington, Carson is asked to return to __California_____with

Carney to guide the army of the West.
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17. Despite traveling by foot, how long did it take Carson to get to San Diego to call for help.

103 days

18. Fremont becomes first senator of California and Carson fights in the _____war. Civil

19. The western land is scarcely populated but the discovery of ____ in 1848 changes

everything. gold

20. In 1850 California becomes the ___st state. 31st