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Indian Lands to Territory to Statehood
WI Lands Change Hands
Treaty Making
Living on the Lead Frontier
The Black Hawk War
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How many years did Wisconsin have treaties with the Indians?
What is 50 years
100
Define to vocabulary word, "ceded"
What is given up
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Define the word, "negotiate"
What is to discuss something in order to come to an agreement
100
Define the word frontier
What is the far edge of a country where few people live
100
Define the word, "militia"
What is a volunteer army trained to fight only in an emergency
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How many battles were designated on the map?
What is 2
200
Define the word, "treaties"
What is official written documents between nations
200
Why was treaty making difficult for Indian nations?
What is Indians did not speak English
200
What did the Indians do with the galena that they had mined
What is traded it with the new settlers
200
What happened in 1829 to the Sauk
What is the government ordered the Sauk to leave their land and move across the Mississippi River.
300
Name the battles that occurred in WI
What is Bad Axe and Wisconsin Heights
300
Which two Native American tribes ceded the land in WI
What is Sauk and Mesquakie
300
What was Prairie du Chien?
What is an important gathering place for Indians
300
What did settlers use the lead for
What is weapons, water pipes, weights, paint, and toys
300
What happened in 1832
What is Black Hawk and his tribe were determined to take back their lands
400
When did WI become a territory?
What is 1836
400
What did the new settlers want in WI
What is resources and land
400
Explain the Treaty of 1804
What is US government paid the Sauk $2,234.50 for their land, Sauk receives a yearly payment, and to be forced off their land.
400
Where did the nickname, "The Badgers" come from
What is miners who burrowed in dugouts
400
What happened to many of the Sauk people as they made the trip back to their lands
What is died of exhaustion, battles, surrendering, etc.
500
When did WI become a state?
What is 1850
500
What happened to Indian lands in the early 1800s
What is the fur trade, Indian land taken away from the Indians, treaties, removal of Indians
500
What happened to the Indians as new settlers came
What is they were forced off of their land and into different land with little resources
500
Why was it called the "Lead Rush"
What is everyone rushing to get lead
500
Explain the ending of the Black Hawk War
What is the Sauk attempted to surrender, American military continued to shoot upon the people, only 150 people survived, Black Hawk escaped but then surrendered was kept in prison, the rest of the people returned back across the Mississippi River