Michigan History Introduction

How were the Great Lakes formed?

• geologic displacement

• convergent continental plates

• earthquakes

• glaciers

What did the President Andrew Jackson give to Michigan in order to stop their claim on the Toledo Strip?

• Detroit

• The rest of the Upper Peninsula

• Toledo Zoo

• Immediate statehood and an extra Senate seat

• $4,000,000 US

What year did Michigan become a state?

• 1937

• 1827

• 1837

• 1847

According to our reading, nicknames for the state of Michigan include which of the following?

• the Great Lakes State

• the Wolverine State

• The Winter Wasteland

• the Water Wonderland

• At least we aren't Ohio

Upon exploring Michigan, the French found 3 major groups of Native Americans living here. They called them the Council of Three Fires. The groups included were the:

• Ojibwa/Chippewa

• Kickapoo

• Odawa/Ottawa

• Saginaw

• Potawatomi

Most native Americans in the area that would become Michigan lived in these structures:

• teepees

• wigwams

• hoguns

• stellahs

During WW2, Michigan was a huge part of the "Arsenal of Democracy", building weapons of war for the Allies. These B-24 bombers are rolling off the production line in what huge factory in Michigan?

• Willow Run

• Southfield Tank Command

• Saginaw Steering Gear

• Battle Creek Aviation

The first recorded contact between Europeans and Natives of the great Lakes area occurred between 1534 and 1542 when Jacques Cartier of ___________ explored the St. Lawrence River

• Portugal

• New Brunsiwck

• Spain

• France

• England

Wars between the Iroquois League and Great Lakes nations killed and displaced many natives from the Midwest, but this cause probably killed substantially more:

• War with Europeans

• Smoking and obesity

• The Great Flood of 1706

• diseases carried by European explorers and settlers

During the American Revolutionary War, most Native Americans in the Great Lakes regions sided with:

• American colonial rebels

• French

• the British

• The Rebel Alliance

• The Galactic Federation