What is It became a part of the Michigan Territory.
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Who did President Martin Van Buren appoint as the first governor of the Iowa Territory?
What is Robert Lucas
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3. What happened to districts when more settlers arrived?
What is It became a territory.
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What did the state do to handle the needs of the new arrivals?
What is It made more counties
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How does Iowa play an important role in helping the US select a president?
What is Because Iowa is the first state to begin choosing delegates presidential candidates all come to Iowa to get publicity. Iowans like the attention that their caucuses get and want to remain the first nation.
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What happened in 1836?
What is Michigan became a state and the rest became Wisconsin Territory.
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Who were Harold Hughes and Robert Ray?
What is They were governors for Iowa.
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Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des Moines?
What is It was easier to reach
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Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
What is It included what is now, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of the Dakotas.
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Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des Moines? (ESSAY)
What is People were settling in western Iowa and Des Monies was a central location which was easier for all citizens to reach.
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What did Congress create in 1838?
What is The Iowa Territory.
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What did the work of Hughes and Ray do for Iowa?
What is They both were active in church, Hughes helped people with drinking problems,
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What happened in 1851?
What is More settlers came west so the legislature created 45 more counties.
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What was a region called before it became a state?
What is First it was a district hen it became a territory.
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What are some things the counties were set up to do?
What is some things they were set up to do were set up schools, collect taxes. provide places for people to vote on election day, and record the purchase and sales of land.
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What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
What is To begin steps to become a state.
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How many people were there in a district?
What is It had a very few people, it had a governor, and an army.
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Where did Governor Lucas select to be the Iowa Territory’s first capital?
What is Burlington
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9. What did Congress create in 1838?
What is The Iowa territory
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What was the process like in writing our state constitution? (ESSAY)
What is A group met in Iowa City and wrote a constitution. One of their jobs was to reccomend what the state boundries should be. They approved borders that would have made Iowa bigger than it is today. Congress wanted to change the borders but Iowans refused to agree to those borders. Eventully Iowa and Congress agreed to the borders we have today.
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18. What was Iowa’s population in 1856?
What is 518,000.
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5. What happened as still more people moved to a territory?
What is It became a state and elected its own governor and legislature.
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What happened in 1851?
What is They made 44 more counties
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17. What was Iowa’s population in 1846?
What is 96,000
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How did Iowa City become the new capital? (ESSAY)
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Settlers were moving beyond the mississippi and burlington was to far to reach.
The legislature decided to move west to Johnson county and told governor Lucas to select the exact spot for the “new” capital. To men rode their horses up the Iowa river until they found a beautiful site. This became the site of the new capital “Iowa City”.