Chapters 1-4
When was Fort Snelling Built?
1819
When did the US-Dakota War begin
1862
World War II begins in Europe in what year?
1939
Why did the US join WWII?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
What is a wigwam?
A round dwelling made of poles and sticks used mainly by the Ojibwe
What was the Homestead Act?
It was a law that provided up to 160 acres of land to farmers
What does suffrage mean?
The right to vote.
What year did the Stock Market crash signing the beginning of the Great Depression?
1929
What is one way people can conclude that humans were alive may years ago?
Cliff carvings
How has Minnesota's landscape changed over the last 12,000 years?
12,000 years ago glaciers scratched the earth leaving marks. Also, 7,000 years ago humans made marks called petrogylphs.
What concerns did the Dakota have at the Traverse de Souix Treaty?
They were afraid the the US was lying and that they had no choice because of how powerful the government was.
What was the traditional Dakota?
Dakota who wanted to maintain their culture and resist efforts to make them live like European Americans.
What is a monopoly?
Total control over the supply of a product or service in a certain market area.
What is the definition of kinship?
Close connections with one's relatives.
How do archaeologists study the past
They look at the evidence people leave behind. They interpret things by their perspective.
When was Fort Snelling constructed?
1819
What were the three main industries in Minnesota in the early 1900's?
Flour, Iron, Lumber
What did the Twin Cities Ordinance Manufacture during WWII?
Ammunition
Who was Harriet Bishop
The first St. Paul school teacher.
What is shared history?
The past events and stories that are common to everyone in a group.
What was the main goal from the fur trade that the Europeans wanted to achieve?
They wanted to make a profit.
What is the practice of producing just enough food to feed one's own family but not enough to sell for a profit?
Subsistence farming.
What did the federal government hope to gain through the allotment process in 1887?
List three ways Dakota and Ojibwe people were treated poorly during the time the European Americans were first in the area.
Took their land
Did not honor treaties
forced to assimilate