Vocab
Boat powered by a steam engine
What is a Steamboat?
Who was the first
school teacher in St.
Paul?
Harriet Bishop
During the 1800’s, the
movement of settlers
from eastern U.S. to
the Midwest and West
is called what?
Manifest Destiny or
Westward expansion.
A geographic area
with boundaries,
residents, and a
government with a
constitution and laws?
A State
Original Name of St.
Paul?
Pig’s Eye Landing
To approve formally
Ratify
He was chosen as the
delegate to
Washington D.C. to
try and make MN a
territory?
Henry Hastings Sibley
Give me at least three details about the situation Harriet Bishop was entering when she arrived in St. Paul in 1847.
Log Huts
Streets muddy and Bumpy
Few hundred people
Dozen families
Old Blacksmith shop
Infested with animals
How many adults are
needed to form a
territory (nearest
thousand)?
5,000!
In 1848 how many men
gathered to discuss
Minnesota becoming a
territory? Where did
they meet?
61
Stillwater
The head of the executive branch in a state or territory?
Governor
First territorial
governor of the
Minnesota territory?
Alexander Ramsey
Name two things that Bishop was involved in, in her community?
Sunday School, Group that wanted alcohol illegal,
Women’s group that
help raise money for
community
What Month and Date
is Minnesota
Birthday?
May 11th 1858
What are the two types
of sources?
Primary and Secondary
What is a territory?
A part of the United
States that is not
within a state but is
organized with its own
governing leaders.
First State Governor
of Minnesota?
Henry Sibley
Bishop’s first school
class had 9 students.
Beside English what
languages did they
speak (4)?
Dakota, Ojibwe,
French, German
Name 5 of the 6
countries that sent many
immigrant to the U.S.
during the mid 1800’s ?
Norway,Sweden,Finland,Germany, Austria-Hungry,Ireland
Name of Mattsons
Sweedish settlement?
Vasa
What is federalism?
System of government,
in which the power is
divided between a
federal, or national
government and
various state
governments
Swedish Immigrant
that made the journey
to America at only 17?
Hans Mattson
What year did settlers finally outnumber the natives?
1855
What president appointed
the first territorial
governor of Minnesota?
Zachary Taylor
What are the three
branches of
government and what
do they do?
Executive – Enforces Laws
Judicial – Interprets Laws
Legislative – Makes Laws