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district
What was a region called before it became a state?
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you had to make it fare, washington had to approve along with the voters. congress did approve the basics but changed the borders of iowa. so inside of the missouri river we would have had a different border. the voters did not approve. so they could not make the change.
What is What was the process like in writing our state constitution?
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james k. Polic sinned the law making iowa the 29th state
What happened on December 28, 1846?
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96,000
What was Iowa’s population in 1846?
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the michigan territory
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
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very few
How many people were there in a district?
200
it was getting hard to get to the capital. so they needed somewhere in the middle of the state. with lots of people moving west Des Moines was the closest place to the middle. so they moved the capital there.
Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des Moines?
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Robert Lucas
Who did President Martin Van Burden appoint as the first governor of the Iowa Territory?
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518,000
What was Iowa’s population in 1856?
200
michigan Wisconsin Minnesota iowa and parts of the Dakotas
Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
300
they become a territory
What happened to districts when more settlers arrived?
300
it became the capital because the first one was to far southeast to be easy to get to. they decided to move it Johnson country where it would be easy to get to. they decided to make a new town. even before they found where to make it they named the town iowa city
How did Iowa City become the new capital?
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burlington
What is Where did Governor Lucas select to be the Iowa Territory’s first capital?
300
What happened in 1851?
What is they created 45 more counties now have a total of 99 counties
300
set up schools collect taxes and provide places to live
What are some things the counties were set up to do?is
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it became a state
What happened as still more people moved to a territory?
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because iowa is the first state to begin coosing its deligats, presidenchal canidants come all over iowa to get publicity. iowans like the attention that their caucusus get and want to remain the first in the nation.
How does Iowa play an important role in helping the US select a president?
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governors
Who were Harold Hughes and Robert Ray?
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to begin the process to becoming a state
What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
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being a distract
What was the first step to becoming a state?
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a region was called a district before became a state. there where very few people in a district when more settlers arrived to districts, they become a territory. territories get to elect there own legislature and governor it also elected representatives. when even more people arrive it becames a state
how did a state become a state
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they made it safer to live in iowa
What is What did the work of Hughes and Ray do for Iowa?
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The Iowa Territory
What did Congress create in 1838?
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