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Ojibwas
Fur Trade
Mid-West Pioneers
Transportation
Hub of the Nation
100
The three cities Ojibwa Indians settled in
What is Duluth, Minnesota; Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin
100
Jolliet and Marquette
Who set up fur trading post along the Midwest rivers and lakes?
100
Rushed to claim land; built houses; and started farms
What are the three things pioneers did when they arrived in the Midwest?
100
Steamboats
What are bigger and faster than human powered boats?
100
President Jefferson
The president who wanted to expand trade.
200
How the Ojibwa survived?
What is hunted and fish; grew little vegetables; and traveled throughout the region to gather food
200
Chicago and Sault St. Marie
What are cities that started as forts or trading posts?
200
log homes and sod houses
What are the two type of farmhouses built in the Midwest?
200
They could ship their grain to St. Louis
What is how the steamboats helped the farmers?
200
Lewis and Clark
Who are the explorers that searched for a water route from the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean?
300
How the Ojibwa traveled?
What are birchbark canoes?
300
Trading post were set-up there; Native Americans settle there and farmed; Communities grew around the forts
What is how the fur trade effected the Midwest
300
Cool in the summer Warm in the winter
What are the advantages of a sod house?
300
Railroads could be built almost anywhere; railroads could be used all year.
What are the advantages of the railroads over the steamboats?
300
Cahokia (2 things)
What is meeting place of many cultures; close to three rivers; mounds were used for burial sites and ceremonies?
400
How the early Ojibwa and the Ojibwa of today are alike.
What is they still live, fish, and hunt in this region?
400
A mill, a bakehouse, a dairy, a smokehouse, a workshop, a poultry house, a horse stable, and a barn.
What made up a trading post?
400
Hard to keep clean.
What is the disadvantage of a sod house?
400
Transcontinental Railroad
What is what connected the east to the west coast?
400
Sickness, cold, rain, finding food, traveling unknown lands, not knowing the language of the local people.
What are the difficulties Lewis and Clark faced?
500
How the Ojibwa communicated in discussion.
What is a talking stick?
500
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
Who is "The Father of Chicago"
500
John Deere
Who invented the steel plow to help farmers plant crops?
500
The Erie Canal
What connected the Hudson River to New York?
500
1804
What is the year Lewis and Clark started their expedition?