Gallopade: Chapter 19 Quiz

Why did Dragging Canoe and other Chickamauga Cherokee Indians attack the Cumberland settlers?

• They were working for the British against the Americans.

• They were worried that they would not be able to trade with the settlers.

• They were worried that the Cumberland Compact laws were not fair.

• They were worried that the settlers were taking too much land.

How were the Cumberland Settlements similar to the Watauga Settlement? (Choose 3)

• They were both led by John Donelson.

• They were both attacked by Dragging Canoe.

• They both had their own system of laws known as a “compact.”

• They were both located near rivers.

• They were both started after the Revolutionary War.

What was exchanged in the Transylvania Purchase?

• land in Tennessee and Kentucky for goods

• goods from Tennessee and Kentucky for money

• land in Tennessee and Kentucky for money

• land from Tennessee and Kentucky for other land

Where did the Battle of the Bluffs occur?

• Fort Watauga

• Fort Nashborough

• Fort Cumberland

• Fort Loudoun

Why did some American Indians think that the Transylvania Purchase was not fair?

• The Transylvania Land Company received a very large amount of land for the amount paid

• The Transylvania Land Company said they purchased more land than they really did.

• The Transylvania Land Company purchased the land without signing a treaty.

• The Transylvania Land Company refused to negotiate with Dragging Canoe.

What obstacles did the Cumberland settlers face? (Choose 4) A Revolutionary War battles in the area B attacks by Chickamauga Cherokee Indians C closing of the Cumberland Gap D smallpox E rough water F purchase of land from the Transylvania Land Company fell through G cold weather

• Revolutionary War battles in the area

• attacks by Chickamauga Cherokee Indians

• cold weather

• small pox

• rough water

Organize these options into the right categories. Determine whether each phrase describes settlers or Dragging Canoe and his warriors.

Groups:

(a) Dragging Canoe and his warriors

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(b) Settlers

• attacked the fort

• took the enemy's horses

• sent dogs to attack the enemy

• won the battle

• snuck into the fort

• lost the battle

Organize these options into the right categories. Determine whether each phrase describes John Donelson, James Robertson, or both.

Groups:

(a) John Donelson

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(b) James Robertson

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(c) Both

• built Fort Nashborough along the Cumberland River

• came from the Watauga Settlement

• brought 30 families to the Cumberland Settlement via river

• founded the Cumberland Settlements

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