Vocabulary | Native Americans Fight for Land | Statehood | Pioneers and Transportation | Miscellaneous |
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What is transportation?
the moving of goods and people
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What is Native Americans?
these people lived in Indiana before it became a State
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What are 60,000 residents and a constitution?
This is what you need to apply for statehood.
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What are lean-to and log cabins?
the settlers lived in these houses and shelters
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Who is Tecumseh?
refused to sell land to pioneers
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What are pioneers?
the first group of people to settle in a new region
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What is Indian Removal Act?
This caused the Native Americans to leave
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What are Corydon and Indianapolis?
the two capitals of Indiana
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What is flatboat?
a large, flat-bottomed boat with square ends made from wood
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What is White River or Wabash or Erie?
this canal was used for transportation in Indiana
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What is territory?
land that is owned by a country but is not a state of that country
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What are Delaware, Shawnee and Cherokee?
These tribes gave up their land in Indiana.
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What is a central location?
Indianapolis became the capital for this reason.
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What is a steamboat?
powered by by steam that made traveling upstream easier
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What is for a central location?
the reason Indiana's capital was moved
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What is Indiana Removal Act?
this law allowed the President to remove Native Americans in all parts of the country from their homeland
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What is Oklahoma?
This is the place that the Native Americans went after the Indian Removal Act.
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Who is Jonathon Jennings?
Indiana's first Governor.
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What are Michigan Road (U.S. Route 421) and National Road (U.S. Route 40)?
these two roads made traveling easier
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What is from Indianapolis to Madison?
the first train line ran in these two places
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What is a resident?
a person who lives in a certain place
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Who is William Henry Harrison?
this person fought against the Native Americans.
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Who is President James Madison on December 11, 1816?
He signed the law making Indiana a State on this date.
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What is Steam engines?
this replaced the canal system
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What is the "Crossroads of America"?
the state capital is known as this.
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