The number of stages of government that Ohio went through to become a state.
What is 3?
100
They won the War of 1812.
Who are the Americans?
100
The term given to Ohio because it was a passageway to land in the West and also opportunity for a better life for many settlers and immigrants.
What is the Gateway State?
100
A state that allows slavery.
What is a slave state?
100
The President of the United States that abolished slavery.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The date that Ohio became a state.
What is March 17, 1803?
200
Tecumseh and his warriors sided with the British because they did not want to leave their land in Ohio. They formed a confederacy to protect what they believed was theirs.
What is a cause of The War of 1812?
200
People from other countries- like Germany and Ireland- that came to Ohio for a better life.
Who are immigrants?
200
People that worked hard to end slavery.
Who are abolitionists?
200
The Shawnee Chief who tried to form an Indian confederacy to force the Americans out of Ohio.
Who is Tecumseh?
300
The first stage Ohio went through to become a state.
What is governor St. Clair appointed 3 judges and they made laws for Ohio territory?
300
The British captured American ships and did not respect the Americans Freedom.
What is a cause of the War of 1812?
300
A waterway made by people that connected natural waterways and rivers, towns and farms, and made travel faster.
What are canals?
300
A law passed by Congress that said people in the North must help catch runaway slaves and return them to their owners. It made it illegal to help slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
300
The author of the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin".
Who is Harriet Tubman?
400
The second stage of government that led Ohio to statehood.
What is 5,000 free men elected a state legislature.
400
General Harrison defeated the American Indians at this Battle while Tecumseh was out on a mission to win over more tribes to defend the land in Ohio.
What is the Battle of Tippecanoe?
400
These were built along canals and between major cities. They connected Ohio to other states. They changed transportation forever.
What are railroads?
400
Secret routes that were used by free people in the North and South to help slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
400
The toughest General in the Union army from Ohio.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
500
The final stage of government that lead to statehood.
What is 60,000 free people lived in Ohio and wrote their own constitution.
500
The Battle that stopped the British from providing weapons to the American Indians and ended the Indian resistance to Americans settling in Ohio.
What is the Battle of Lake Erie?
500
This changed the movement of people and their possessions into Ohio. People used canals, steam engines, and railroads to move to Ohio for a better life.
What is the Transportation Revolution?
500
A group of abolitionists from Ohio that gave speeches to try to convince people that slavery was wrong.
What is the Ohio Anti-Slavery Society?
500
The American who defeated the British navy at the Battle of Lake Erie.