Unit 1/2: Dakota and Ojibwe
Name a food that was important to Dakota and Ojibwe.
Wild rice, deer, corn, squash, beans, fish, other MN native foods.
Who won the civil war
The North/The Union
Where is Minnesota's State capital building located?
St Paul
Why did many immigrants come to Minnesota in the late 1800s?
Jobs/work/money/land
What are cities called that are located just outside of an urban area?
Suburb.
Name of the portable homes the Dakota used.
Tipi
Name the two sides of the civil war. (not the directions)
The Union and the Confederacy
Minnesota's government is divided into three branches. Name one of them.
Executive, Legislative, or Judicial Branch
What industry helped make Minnesota one of the nation's leading producers of iron ore?
Mining
What did citizens in MN create in order to have more food when rationing was enforced?
Which tribe, Dakota or Ojibwe, has reservations in MN?
Ojibwe
Name an important abolitionist to MN.
Grey, Emily O. Goodridge
Robert Hickman
Moses Dickson
Swisshelm, Jane Grey
What is the main job of the Legislative Branch?
Make laws.
Sweat pads were a nickname for what food in lumber camps?
Pancakes
What Minnesota civil rights leader helped fight discrimination and later became the first Black member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents?
Josie Johnson
Name of Dakota scared place that is the meeting of the MN and Mississippi rivers.
Bdote
What is the name of the African American man who advocated for his freedom after staying at Fort Snelling? The case ended up going all the way to the supreme court.
Dred Scott
What two groups make up Minnesota's Legislature?
House of Representatives and the Senate.
What neighborhood in St Paul or Minneapolis has a historic Latino/Hispanic?
West side of St Paul
What was the name of the law that attempted to remove Native Americans from their reservations into more urban areas?
Indian Relocation Act (of 1956)
Translate this Ojibwe word: Manoomin
Wild rice
Name a specific action an abolitionist took to fight against/resist slavery.
(TBD)
Who is the current lieutenant governor of MN?
(hint: member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe)
Peggy Flanagan
Name one reason industrialization caused Minnesota cities such as Minneapolis and Saint Paul to grow.
factory jobs, transportation, railroads, or increased trade
(up to Mr. Jack)