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What was the Indiana Territory's first capital?
Vincennes
Who was kidnapped as a young child and raised among the Native Americans?
Frances Slocum
What was the symbol of pioneer life?
Log Cabins
Who did Abraham Lincoln marry?
Mary Todd
The routes taken by enslaved African Americans to freedom in the North.
The Underground Railroad
When did Indiana become a state?
December 11, 1816
How many stages does a territory need to petition for statehood?
What mountain range did Americans travel through to migrate west?
The Appalachian Mountains
When was the Battle of Gettysburg?
July of 1863.
What couple opened their home to slaves escaping from the South?
What did the Native Americans live in?
Wigwams
Who was the first governor of the Indiana Territory?
William Henry Harrison
The British were stopping American ships and forcing American sailors into the British navy.
What was Lincoln's near death experience?
He was kicked in the head by a horse.
What was the center of economic growth?
Railroads
What tribe did Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh live in?
Shawnee
Which Native American tribe came from Northwest Pennsylvania and settled along with White River by 1810?
Delaware
To pioneer Hoosiers, owning your own land meant ____________, _____________, and _______________.
Freedom, Equality, and Democracy
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A decree that made all enslaved people free.
Some Hoosiers did not appreciate how fast Indiana was __________.
Changing
What was the war fought between the British and colonial allies and the French and Native American allies?
The French and Indian War/7 Years War
What leader brought the US to a victory in the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Anthony Wayne
Who defeated the Shawnee at the Battle of Tippecanoe?
William Henry Harrison
General Sherman captures ________ in September of 1864. This was a terrible loss to the Confederacy.
Atlanta
A branch of Christianity separate from the Catholic Church.
Protestant