Jim Bridger, Mountain Man; a Biography Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Part I: Trapper- Chapter 1,2 and 3

1. In what year was Jim Bridger born?

1804.

2. In the same year that Jim Bridger was born, Lewis and Clark set out up what river?

Missouri River.

3. What did Jim Bridger's father do?

Kept a tavern.

4. What city did Jim Bridger's father work in?

Richmond, Virginia.

5. How old was Jim Bridger when his family headed west?

Eight.

6. How old was Jim when his mother died?

Going on fourteen.

7. Who did Jim apprentice in a blacksmith shop?

Phil Creamer.

8. How many miles was the keel boat race up the Missouri that Manuel Lisa won?

1,200.

9. Who was the first American to harvest beaver fur west of the Rockies?

Major Henry.

10. What was the name of the steamboat that carried passengers up the Missouri beyond Franklin?

The Independence.

11. What day was Jim...
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