People & Government
November 11, 1889
When did Washington become a state?
Pushed buffalo away from Indian lands
What was the railroad?
These two nations believed Oregon Country belonged to them
What is the United States and Great Britain?
Three minerals found in Washington
What are gold, silver, and coal?
A woman chosen by her photograph to marry a Japanese man in Washington Territory
What is a picture bride?
WA Territory governor appointed by the U.S. president
Who was Isaac Stevens?
Chief who led the Nez Perce people in battles and then toward Canada
Who was Chief Joseph?
Name for the tension caused by a British pig eating American potatoes
Industries that drew many people to Washingon
What are logging, mining, and the railroad industries?
Difficulties for new immigrants to America
What was not speaking English, having little money, facing discrimination, or knowing very little about the American way of life?
Boarding house owner who discovered silver in her mine
Who was May Arkwright Hutton?
Chief who felt he had no choice but to move to a reservation
Who was Chief Sealth?
Event that caused the logging industry in Washington Territory to grow
Elisha Ferry
Who was the first governor of Washington State?
Famous Scandinavian immigrant who started a shoe store
Who was John Nordstrom?
L'Hau-at-scha-uk thought this would happen if he was forced to leave his river
What is die?
U.S. law that affected Indian children
What was the law that said they had to go to boarding schools?
Border compromise reached in the Oregon Treaty between U.S. and Britain
What was 49 degrees north latitude?
Happened to women when Washington became a state
What is lost their right to vote?
Reason Japanese men came to Washington Territory
What was Chinese men were banned from coming?
Used special mule packs to carry supplies to miners
Who was Carmelita Colon?
Governor Stevens made a lot of these with Native Americans
What are treaties?
Solution to the fear that immigrant Chinese workers would take all the jobs
What was banning them from coming to Washington?
Allowed Washingtonians to send representatives to the U.S. Congress
What was becoming a state?
Kind of poetry written by Teiko Tomita
What is tanka?