Laura Ingalls
Revolutionary War
Northwest Ordinance
Pioneer Life
Miscellaneous
100
The names of Laura's sisters
What are Mary and Carrie
100
The reason the colonists declared independence from Great Britain
What is because Great Britain made them pay taxes even though they could not vote in Parliament
100
The reason for the Northwest Ordinance
What is they needed a plan for how parts of the Northwest Territory could become states
100
The definition of a pioneer
What is a person who is one of the first people to do something
100
The reason WI is known as the Badger State
What is miners dug holes in the ground for shelter just like badgers did
200
The type of home Laura lived in
What is a log cabin
200
The winner of the American Revolution
What are the colonists (United States of America)
200
Buildings with very hot ovens to melt ore into lead
What is a smelter
200
The two ways pioneers traveled to their new land
What is by flatboat and by covered wagon
200
The reason the U.S. government made treaties with the Indians
What is they wanted to get the Indians' land
300
The types of animals Laura might see in the Bog Woods (3)
What are bears, wild cats, muskrats, mink, otter, foxes, deer
300
The colonists fought these people in the war
What are the British (Great Britain)
300
The 6 states that made up the Northwest Territory
What are WI, MI, IL, OH, IN, MN
300
Name two ways pioneer schools are different from schools today
What is they were much more strict, they had to write sentences hundreds of times, they had to bring firewood, all the students were in the same room (one room schoolhouse), they had outhouses, they sat on benches, they wrote with chalk on slates
300
The reason Blackhawk was upset
What is he thought it was unfair that the Indians had sold their land to the U.S government
400
The names Laura used for her mother and father
What are Ma and Pa
400
The man that led the colonists' army
Who was George Washington
400
The reason miners came to WI from other states
What is to mine lead
400
Jobs the pioneer children had to do
What is milk the cows, cooked, cleaned, collected firewood
400
The country that became an ally to the colonists in the Revolutionary War
What was France
500
Name your favorite pioneer food
What is ANSWERS MAY VARY
500
Some of the reasons the colonists were the underdogs in the war
What are they didn't have as many soldiers, guns, food, etc. They had no navy. The colonists were farmers and merchants, not soldiers.
500
Name one of the 3 three rules for a new territory
What is slavery wasn't allowed, land would be set aside for public schools, and settlers could practice any religion.
500
A phrase used for telling others to look for protection, get defensive, or get ready for an attack
What is "Circle the wagons"
500
The Indian chief Blackhawk was from this Indian tribe
What is the Sauk
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