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100
He was the first governor of the TERRITORY of Iowa.
Who is Robert Lucas?
100
The first capital of the Iowa Territory.
What is Burlington?
100
Iowa became a state on this date.
What is December 28, 1846?
100
This was a main reason why Iowans didn't want to become a state.
What is paying taxes?
100
Iowa was first part of these territories before it became a territory.
What is Michigan and Wisconsin?
200
He was the first governor of the STATE of Iowa.
Who is Ansel Briggs?
200
The first capital of the state of Iowa.
What is Iowa City?
200
Iowa became a territory on this date.
What is July 4, 1838?
200
This affected Iowa's movement towards statehood as a free state and the borders that came with it.
What is slavery?
200
Townships, cities, blocks, and properties are set up on this grid.
What is rectangular survery?
300
He was a surveyor sent to Iowa by the federal government to survey Iowa and give recommendations for Iowa's boundaries in 1845.
Who is Joseph Nicolett?
300
Present-day capital city of Iowa moved here in 1857.
What is Des Moines?
300
The Missouri River once flowed on the west side of this Iowa town, but now flows on the east.
What is Carter Lake?
300
Iowans voted down the proposition to move towards statehood twice because of this issue.
What is boundary disputes?
300
This steamboat sank in the Missouri River north of Council Bluffs in 1865.
What is Bertrand?
400
U.S. President who signed bill making Iowa a state.
Who is James K. Polk?
400
Patrick O'Conner shot and killed George O'Keaf near this town.
What is Dubuque
400
The southern boundary dispute between Iowa and Missouri.
What is the Honey War?
400
The first Iowa constitution did not allow the printing and issuing of paper money.
What is "banks of issue"?
400
Congress enacted this act to help new states make improvements through funding and giving the state 500,000 acres to use or sell.
What is the Distribution Act of 1841?
500
He was the government official sent by D.C. to solve the Iowa southern border dispute.
Who is Albert Miller Lea?
500
Militia members from both Iowa and Missouri gathered in this county to prepare for the "Honey War".
What is Van Buren?
500
Iowa was added as a free state along with the addition of this state as a slave state.
What is Florida?
500
Reason why Iowa wanted to be a separate territory from Wisconsin.
What is the Mississippi River division of the two territories?
500
These two lines were the cause of the Honey War between Iowa and Missouri.
What is Sullivan Line and Brown Line?
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