Michigan History Worksheet Flashcard

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Why did Michigan railroads and canals have a tough time getting established?

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Panic of 1837

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Why did Michiganders put an emphasis on education both elementary and higher education?

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They believed that democracy demanded an educated population, they wanted Michigan to be respected by other states, and they wanted children to learn a trade, prepared for the future.

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Who were the Patriots?

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Michigan rebels who fought British rule in Canada

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Who was James Jesse Strang?

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King James I of Beaver Island, Leader of the Strangite branch of Latter Day Saints that still exists, A Michigan state representative elected in 1850 and 1852.

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Why was the capitol moved to Lansing?

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Centralize location, Away from Canada and the British, Land and money was donated by James Seymour.

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Lewis Cass was which of the following: Ohio Representative, Michigan Senator, and US Secretary of State, Michigan politician who lost the 1844 Presidential election, Was opposed to the concept of popular sovereignty.

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Ohio Representative, Michigan Senator, and US Secretary of State

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Which one of the following was NOT part of the Internal Improvements Act of 1837? A Railroad from Monroe to New Buffalo, A Railroad from Detroit to Grand Rapids, A Canal from the Saginaw River to the Grand River, A Canal around the rapids of the St. Mary's River

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A Railroad from Detroit to Grand Rapids

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Who was one of the Senate's first Republican Senators and the first from Michigan? (He replaced Lewis Cass and in my opinion should replace Cass in National Statuary Hall in the US Capitol)

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Zacheriah Chandler

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Which woman was associated with Michigan’s abolition movement? Options: Laura Smith Haviland, Sojourner False, Laura M. Chandler, Elizabeth Haviland

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Laura Smith Haviland

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Which of the following best explains Michigan’s importance to the Underground Railroad?
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They used Michigan’s location to help escaped slaves reach Canada,
They stood in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850,
They actively prevented Slave Catchers from kidnapping runaway slaves,
All of the above

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They used Michigan’s location to help escaped slaves reach Canada