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Minnesota becomes a State
Immigration
key terms
government
Ojibwe and Dakota
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What is a specific region with their own laws and government called? 

A state 

100

What does immigrant mean? 

A person who moves from one country to another. 

100

What is a recruiter? 

a person who tries o get someone to move to their state

100
The president is part of what branch of government? 

Executive

100

What did Ojibwe and Dakota leaders sign to give land to settlers

Treaties 

200

what is the person called who is the executive leader of a state? 

Governor 

200

What continent were people mostly migrating from in the mid 18oos to Minnesota? 

Europe 

200

What does the constitution have written in it? 

Laws

200

When you get your drivers license what level of government are you dealing with? 

State 

200

What was the land called that Ojibwe and Dakota were forced to live on? 

Reservations 

300

What was Minnesota known as before it was officially a state?  

A territory 

300

What is a refugee? 

a person who is forced to leave their country because of war or political issues. 

300

What did immigrants use to travel to Minnesota? 

Steamboats 

300

the judge is in this branch of government 

Judicial 

300

What happened to Ojibwe and Dakota when settlers started buying and owning land? 

They lost their land and homes 

400

Who was the first official governor of Minnesota? 

Henry Sibley 

400

Name two reasons why people migrate from one country to another. 

starvation, war, politics, in search of a new job, in search of freedoms 

400

What is Federalism? 

A system of government where the power is divided. 

400

The two Political Parties are 

Democrat and republican 

400
Ojibwe and Dakota were now the minority what did they have to do when all the white settlers came? Hint: think about school 

assimilate to a new culture. Go to boarding school and lose their traditions and ways of life 

500

Why was it technically illegal for immigrants to come to Minnesota early in 1862? Why did they do it anyway? 

because the treaty did not say until 1854.  they  were eager for Minnesota to become a state so they needed more people. 

500

Most immigrants did not come to Minnesota right away. What state did they go to first when arriving in America? 

New York 

500

What are the three branches of government? 

Legislative, Judicial, Executive

500

the house of representatives are a part of this branch of government 

legislative 

500

What are two Ojibwe traditions? 

wild rice, maple sugar, hunting, spear fishing