Chapter 40

Noah Webster wanted Americans to have their own?

• chalkboards

• textbooks

• fishing poles

Noah Webster did not want students dependent on textbooks from what country?

• France

• Norway

• England

Mr. Webster thought books in American schools should contain American -----, such as skunk, hickory, and chowder.

• words

• twists

What was the name of Webster's spelling book?

• Correct Spelling

• The Blue-Backed Speller

• A Spelling Book

T/F: America had national laws that protected authors.

• true

• false

Webster worked for fair ------ laws.

• trade

• copyright

• borrowing

When Webster finished his book in 1828 what did he title it?

• The Blue-Backed Speller

• American Dictionary of the English Language

• Correct Spelling

Webster was 70 years old and had defined how many words?

• 10,000

• 100,000

• 70,000

Noah Webster attended an evangelistic meeting during the Second Great ------- and experienced a religious conversion.

• Enlivening

• Awakening

• Arising

Noah Webster played this instrument while other students sang to General Washington.

• guitar

• flute

• violin