Meet Michigan Chapter 4 Lesson 5

Settlers came to Michigan to begin new lives. What marvel of engineering was built to make moving to Michigan easier for settlers?

• Mackinac Bridge

• Panama Canal

• Erie Canal

• Blue Water Bridge

What was the minimum number of people needed for Michigan to become a state?

• 25,000

• 30,000

• 40,000

• 60,000

In addition to a certain amount of people needed, what was the other requirement that Michigan had to have in order to become a state?

• A governor

• A constitution

• A compromise

• An immigrant

What argument kept Michigan from becoming a state for a while?

• The War of 1812

• World War 1

• The Civil War

• The Toledo War

What city was the first capital of Michigan?

• Detroit

• Sault Ste Marie

• Grand Rapids

• Saginaw

Why was the capital city moved to Lansing?

• It was more beautiful.

• It needed the population.

• It was in the center of the state.

• It had the best people.

Who was Stevens T. Mason?

• An important settler

• A hard-working fur trader

• A lumberjack

• Michigan's first governor.

A __________ is an official count of the people living in a place.

• constitution

• census

• population

• congress

What did Michigan receive at the end of the Toledo War?

• The Toledo Strip

• Mackinac Island

• The city of Detroit

• The Upper Peninsula

Michigan finally became a state in the year ______.

• 1837

• 1800

• 1932

• 2021