Chapter 6 Review

What is an immigrant?

• one of the first people to do something

• a person who leavevs one country to settle in another

• a person who has fought in a war

What are 2 reasons people left Europe to come to the U.S.?

• There wasn't good farming

• They just wanted to live somewhere new

• Wars were going on

• Their crops were growing well

What are 2 ways that people in Europe learned about WI?

• from salesmen

• over the phone

• billboards

• from 'American letters' that were mailed

How did immigrants travel to America, then to Wisconsin?

• airplanes then cars

• ships and then train

• ships and then wagons

• ships and then boats

What country did the largest group of immigrants in WI come from?

• England

• Norway

• Germany

• Sweden

What was the town that a group of Swiss immigrants start in WI?

• Watertown

• New Glarus

• Belmont

Where was the first capital located in WI?

• Belmont

• Madison

• Milwaukee

Who was the first governor of the Wisconsin Territory?

• James Doty

• Paul Bunyan

• Henry Dodge

Why did people want WI to become a state?

• would get more land

• would get more money

• would become more popular

In what year did WI become the thirtieth state?

• 1984

• 1848

• 1800

• 1790