MN History
In this year, Minnesota became a state
This is the longest and widest river in Minnesota (it also acts as a border with Wisconsin)
What is the Mississippi River?
What is the loon?
This group of Native Americans lived in MN before any of the current groups arrived here.
Who are the Dakota?
This is the name of the US President during the Civil War.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
In this war, the Dakota fought against the U.S. because they felt they had no other choice
What is he U.S.-Dakota War of 1862?
This is the largest city in Minnesota.
What is Minneapolis?
This is the state fish.
What is the Walleye?
This group of Native Americans moved into Northern MN from further east in the US and Canada, and still live here today.
Who are the Ojibwe or Anishinaabe?
This is the name of the fort where Charlie Goddard went to join the military.
What is Fort Snelling?
This is the name for something made or used by people long ago. It is found by archaeologists and used to learn about the past.
What is an artifact?
The North East part of MN is commonly referred to as this
What is the Arrowhead region?
This is the state tree.
What is the Red Pine?
Before Minnesota was a state, it was this...
A territory
This is the primary mode of transportation that Charlie G. took to get from MN to .
What is train?
This treaty transferred ownership of much of Southern MN from the Dakota to the US government. It's signing was, in many ways, unfair to the Dakota, and in many ways the US government has not lived up to its promises in the treaty.
What is the Treaty of Traverse de Sioux?
This is the largest Lake entirely within the state of Minnesota
What is Red Lake?
This is the state photo/art/picture.
What is "Grace"?
This is a word that means to move TO a place.
What is immigrate
This is the name of the order that officially freed slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This person was the first Governor of Minnesota
Who is Henry Sibley?
This is the source of the Mississippi River
What is Lake Itasca?
The is the state flower.
What is the Lady Slipper?
This is one of the three branches of US and Minnesota Govt. It contains the HOReps and Senate.
What is the Legislative?
This is a word that means to stop something- it was used as a word to describe people who wanted to free slaves either in the north or south. It starts with an 'A'