Battle of Fort Meigs
England went to war against ___________.
Canada
The Great Black Swamp extended for 30 miles wide and 100 miles long. True or false?
False
William Henry Harrison spoke at a presidential rally at Fort Meigs in Perrysburg. What year did he speak?
1840
Commodore Perry's sailors were experienced. True or false?
False -- they were farmers
The first school house was built in ____________.
1849
America won its independence from _____ in 1872.
England
Beginning in the 1840's, and for several generations, farmers began to drain the land of Ohio's last frontier. True or false?
True
What state was William Henry Harrison born in?
Virgina
How did Perry save his boat from sinking?
He used his uniform coat and stuffed it in the hole to keep the boat from sinking.
$1600
The British joined forces with the ________ to attack us in 1814.
Indian allies
Travelers along the corduroy road could barely travel two miles per day along this road. True or false?
False -- one mile
1797
What did the victory that Perry won give us control over?
The Great Lakes
The old schoolhouse burned down in _______.
1894
On July 21st, another battle began, but only lasted about a week. The Battle of Fort Meigs and the War of _________ stopped England from using the _______ River as a way into the interior of our country.
1812, Maumee
In 1784, the worst road in America began through the Black Swamp. True or false?
False -- 1794
Who did Henry Harrison marry?
Anna Symmes
Perry used his boats to help take __________'s army from _______ to Canada.
William Henry Harrison, Perrysburg
A Toledo architectural company designed it using the architectural style known as ____________, which was a popular style for schools and libraries in America at the time.
Romanesque
_______ was leader of the American Army. He built a fort in Perrysburg. He named it after _________.
General Henry Harrison, Ohio's Governor Return Jonathan Meigs
A glacier created the Swamp 10,000 years ago.
When did William Henry Harrison die?
April 4, 1841
_______ got the statue because our _______ was named after __________.
Perrysburg, city, Commodore Perry
A second school called ______________ (which is now called ________________) had been built by 1953.
Elm Street Elementary School, Toth Elementary School