vocabulary
to give up/surrender land
cede
Who considered Wisconsin their homeland before the early 1800s?
native people
Many early settlers came to the southwestern part of Wisconsin to mine this metal...
lead
What is Wisconsin's capital?
What are the three branches of the US government?
constitution
What led to the Black Hawk War?
Sauk people wanted to reclaim their land from the Americans
Before houses, miners often lived in simple shelters dug into hillsides, earning Wisconsin this nickname....
badgers
What year did Wisconsin become a state?
1848
US soldiers did this to Black Hawk's people when they were trying to cross the Mississippi
massacred
Native peoples in Wisconsin ceded land to the United States through formal agreements called...
treaties
What was the result of surveyors and mapmaker surveying and mapping the land?
people now could buy the land and live in Wisconsin
What number state did Wisconsin become?
30th
What is the purpose of the legislative branch?
to make laws
this building is where government leaders work
capital
The U.S. government often promised this in exchange for land cessions — but many promises were broken.
land across Mississippi river, goods, money
What city was named as Wisconsin's first capital?
Belmont
Who was Wisconsin's first governor?
Henry Dodge
The Supreme Court is part of which branch?
judicial
the process by which Native American lands became part of the United States
cessation
What was wrong about treaties made between Americans and Native people?
did not translate the language, did not follow through on their promises
Why did people want the capital to be moved to Madison?
closer to Green Bay and Milwaukee, more central location
What year did Wisconsin become a territory?
1836
legislative branch