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Duties of the states and territories
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What was Iowa’s population in 1846?
What is 96,000
100
Where did Governor Lucas select to be the capital of the Iowa Territory?
What is Burlington
100
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
What is Iowa became part of the Michigan Territory
100
How many people were there in a district?
What is very few
100
What did the state do to handle the needs of the new arrivals?
What is created counties
200
What was Iowa’s population in 1856?
What is 518,000
200
Who did President Martin Van Buren appoint as the first governor of the Iowa Territory?
Who is Robert Lucas
200
What did Congress create in 1838?
What is the Iowa Territory
200
What happened to districts when more settlers arrived?
What is it became a territory
200
What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
What is to begin the steps to become a state
300
What did Iowa voters decide to do in 1844?
What is to begin the steps to become a state
300
Who were Harold Hughes and Robert Ray?
What is Iowa governors
300
What are some things the counties were set up to do?
What is set up schools, collect taxes, provide places to vote
300
What were settlers in a territory permitted to do?
What is to elect their own legislature to make laws for the new region
300
Why was Iowa’s capital moved to Des Moines?
What is People were settling in western Iowa and Des Moines was a central location which was easier for all citizens to reach.
400
What was Iowa a part of in 1834?
What is Iowa became part of the Michigan Territory
400
What did the work of Hughes and Ray do for Iowa?
What is helped to give Iowa good, fair, and open government
400
What did the state do to handle the needs of the new arrivals?
What is created counties
400
How many counties did Iowa have when it became a state?
What is 44 counties covering the eastern half of the state
400
Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
What is Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of the Dakotas
500
What happened on December 28, 1846?
What is President James K. Polk signed the law making Iowa the 29th state
500
Double Jeopardy Where did Harold Hughes and Robert Ray both do that was for religious proposes
What is they both went to Church
500
Who was included in the Michigan Territory?
What is Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and parts of the Dakotas
500
What happened in 1851?
What is created 45 more counties, now have a total of 99 counties
500
What did the state do to handle the needs of the new arrivals?
What is created counties