f. The War of 1812

The large size of the new One outstanding territory was misleading. The Indians leader of the Choctaws occupied large portions of the upper in the War of 1812 was territory. Since new settlers were eager for Chief Pushmataha. the rich land, this created constant hostility When the council of the in the early days of the territory. There were Choctaw Nation met to constant disputes about land claims. While decide on whose side the settlers were at peace with the Choctaw they would fight, and Chickasaw tribes, they were unable to Pushmataha pledged make any kind of satisfactory settlement Pushmataha loyalty to the United with the Creek Indians. Then, in 1812, the States and predicted the Creek Indians joined the British and began fall of the Creek fort in the territory. attacks upon settlers. The chief would later die in General Andrew Jackson called upon Washington in 1824, where he was visiting his friends in the Choctaw and Chickasaw his comrade-in-arms, Andrew Jackson. By nations to help defeat the Creeks. At the that time, Jackson was President of the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, General Jackson United States. and his allies defeated the Creek nation.

Answer the following questions.

1. The ______occupied large portions of the upper Mississippi territory. 2. The settlers were at peace with the Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes, however they were unable to make any kind of satisfactory settlement with the ______Indians. 3. In 1812, the Creek Indians joined the ______and began attacks upon settlers. 4. General ______called upon his friends in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to help defeat the Creeks, which they did in the Battle of ______. 5. One outstanding leader of the Choctaws in the ______was Chief Pushmataha. 6. Pushmataha pledged loyalty to the ______and predicted the fall of the Creek fort in the territory. 7. Pushmataha died in Washington in 1824, where he was visiting his comrade-in-arms, ______who was by that time President of the United States.

If you would like to read more about Chief Pushmataha, look on one or more of the following web sites: www. natchezbelle.org/ahgp-ms/push.htm www. tc.umn.edu/~mboucher/mikebouchweb/choctaw/push2.htm www. clarionledger.com/news/0207/12/m09.html www. ajourneypast.com/choctawhistory.html#Pushmataha www marciesalaskaweb.com/pushmataha.htm

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Teacher’s Signature ______Quiz #1 Quiz Grade ______(4 points each) Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1787 Ceylon James McGready National 1798 Circuit Lorenzo Dow Revival 1812 Fourteen Louisiana Sixteen Itinerant Missionary Tribal

1. The Mississippi territory officially became the newest territory admitted into the United States on April 7, ______. 2. The Mississippi territory included parts of Georgia, ______, and most of Mississippi including the Natchez region. 3. By 1817, when Mississippi was admitted as a state, the number of counties had increased to ______and the total population had increased by 750 percent. 4. The transfer of vast land areas from other countries to the United States opened many new ______opportunities to those willing to go. 5. Under the first article of the Northwest Ordinance of ______, freedom of worship was firmly established. 6. ______pastors served most of the churches in rural Mississippi. 7. ______pioneered a new religious movement in Kentucky which became known as the camp meeting revival . 8. People would travel for miles to attend these ______meetings. 9. The activity of ______riding preachers and camp meeting revivals resulted in America’s . 10. The Second Great Awakening was a time of ______revival that occurred in the northern states around 1790 to 1850. 11. After the war of ______, its effect in Mississippi was widespread. 12. The religious awakening made itself felt in the missionary fervor of the ______people. 13. The girls in the society regularly sent support from their own earnings to purchase for the destitute in the country of ______. 14. One circuit-riding preacher, whose name shows up again and again in Mississippi history, is ______. 15.15. Let every ______be ______unto the ______. For there is no ______but of ______: the ______that be are ______of ______. Romans 13:1 9