Dates
Washington was founded as a state on:
a. 1889
b. 1890
c. 1885
d. 1883
What is 1889
What is the name of the missionary couple who was killed by Native Americans in the 1840s?
What is the name of the French Explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River and name rhymes with "Wok Heartier"?
Who is Jacques Cartier?
What is an annuity payment? The Makah tribe received this in their treaty.
What is a yearly payment for territory taken in a treaty?
What is the main commodity that was in the PNW that caused trappers and settlers to come to WA?
What is fur?
Lewis and Clark began their expedition in what year?
a. 1818
b. 1801
c. 1805
d. 1806
What is 1805?
What is the name of the governor of Washington Territory from 1853-57 and also negotiated many treaties with Native Americans?
Who is Isaac Stevens?
Who is the British Explorer who has had three locations in Washington and Canada named after him? First name is George.
In the Chehalis River Treaty Council, why did the natives refuse to move north?
Their enemy tribes live in the north!
What people group was blamed for the Recession of 1873 and thus prompted violence against them?
Who are the Chinese?
During which decade did the Klondike Gold Rush occur?
a. 1860s
b. 1870s
c. 1880s
d. 1890s
What are the 1890s?
What is the name of the President who sent Lewis and Clark on their journey that ultimately ended in Washington?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The Pacific Fur Trading Company founded the first American settlement in WA. What is its name?
What is Fort Astoria?
In most treaties, what right do the Native Americans wish to maintain, which still is in effect today?
What is the right to hunt and fish?
How many people lived in Oregon Territory in 1848?
a. 12367
b. 13394
c. 14899
d. 20302
What is 13394
What year did the Battle of Seattle occur?
a. 1841
b. 1856
c. 1861
d. 1855
What is 1856?
What is the name of the revivalist preacher who spoke against the evils of alcohol and was once an MLB player?
Who is Billy Sunday?
Who is the Spanish Explorer who negotiated a deal with Britain that gave Nootka Bay to the English?
Who is Bodega y Quadra?
What is the name of the leader of the Spokane tribe who was involved in negotiating treaties with the American settlers?
Who is Spokane Gary?
What was the original name of Washington Territory?
(Hint: It was changed because people thought it was confusing).
What is Columbia Territory?
What year did prohibition get enacted in Washington?
a. 1916
b. 1919
c. 1915
d. 1920
What is 1916?
What is the name of the British sailor who was captured by Native Americans and eventually escaped, writing a memoir about his experience?
His initials are JJ.
Who is John Jewett?
What are Lewis and Clark's first names?
What are William and Meriwether?
Who is the painter who accompanied Isaac Stevens on the treaty trail and provides us with primary sources of the events in the negotiations?
Who is Gustav Sohon?
Who was the first governor of Washington state? His initials are E. F. P.
Who is Elisha F. Perry?