Statistics for Famous Names of the American Frontier

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
These men were commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to find a route across the western half of the continent.	William Clark	94%
These men were commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to find a route across the western half of the continent.	Meriwether Lewis	93%
Apache chief whose name later became a cry for anyone jumping from a high place.	Geronimo	82%
Famously blond U.S. Cavalry officer perhaps best known for his defeat and death at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.	George Armstrong Custer	76%
As general, he defeated the Creeks and opened the Southwest. As president, he signed the infamous Indian Removal Act into law.	Andrew Jackson	74%
Shoshone woman who acted as guide and interpreter for the above expedition.	Sacagawea	71%
This “King of the Wild Frontier” was likely executed at the Battle of the Alamo.	Davy Crockett	69%
Leader of the Mormon movement to Utah.	Brigham Young	64%
This ill-fated group of pioneers was trapped in the Sierra Nevada snow and reportedly resorted to cannibalism.	Donner Party	58%
Pioneer who blazed trails through Tennessee and Kentucky and reportedly killed a “Bar” or two along the way.	Daniel Boone	56%
This Lakota warrior is commemorated by a monument that, once finished, would be the world’s second tallest statue.	Crazy Horse	54%
Widely-read frontier author of the “Little House” books.	Laura Ingalls Wilder	54%
Shawnee warrior and chief who led perhaps the most powerful multi-tribal Native American military force ever assembled in North America.	Tecumseh	21%