Vocabulary
What is the secret system set up to help enslaved people escape?
The Underground Railroad
Lack of a job.
Unemployment
What year did Michigan become a state?
1837
In what region were most of the Civil War battles fought?
South
What is an industry that developed in Michigan?
What is someone who is killed or wounded?
casualty
A way to create where separate parts are added to the product as it moves down the line.
Assembly Line
What contributed to Michigan's growth after 1837?
Work Opportunities
True or False. Most Michigan soldiers who died during the Civil War died from disease.
True
Name a natural resource in Michigan.
natural gas, limestone, gypsum, coal, stone, salt, sand and gravel
People who are not in the military
Emigrate
Why were people attracted to Michigan?
It's many natural resources (Land, forests, animals)
Michiganians contributed to the war by ___________.
Serving as soldiers, spies, military leaders.
Name an agricultural industry that developed in Michigan in the 1900s.
Cherries and peppermint
A large area of land that is under control of an outside government.
A territory
Unfair treatment
Discrimination
True or False. "Michigan Fever" was used to describe how people moved to the state and the population rapidly increased.
True
True / False The people pf Michigan were not strong supporters of the anti-slavery movement.
False
What plan did Franklin D. Roosevelt come up with to help people get back to work?
The New Deal
To remember and honor
Commemorate
Migrate
Michigan's early economy depended on minerals such as ________ and copper.
iron
What is the state song of Michigan?
"Michigan, My Michigan"
The method that labor unions used to gain strength in the 1936 worker strike in Flint.
sit-down strike