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Chapter 6 Important People

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was our first state governor?

a)

Alexander Ramsey

b)

Henry Sibley

c)

George Bonga

d)

Stephen Riggs

2.

Who was Minnesota's 1st territorial governor and 2nd state governor?

a)

Alexander Ramsey

b)

Henry Sibley

c)

Henry Leavenworth

d)

Josiah Snelling

3.

Who spoke 3 languages?

a)

Henry Sibley

b)

Zebulon Pike

c)

George Bonga

d)

Alexander Ramsey

4.

Who was the son of an African American fur trader and an Ojibwe woman?

a)

Henry Sibley

b)

Alexander Ramsey

c)

George Bonga

d)

George Washington

5.

Who was a fur trader and a politician?

a)

Geroge Bonga

b)

Alexander Ramsey

c)

Henry SIbley

d)

Stephen Riggs

6.

Who led the U.S. delegation at the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux?

a)

Alexander Ramsey

b)

Luke Lea

c)

George Bonga

d)

Henry Leavenworth

7.

Who was a missionary and interpreter?

a)

Stephen Riggs

b)

George Bonga

c)

Alexander Ramsey

d)

Henry SIbley

8.

Who wanted to "disintegrate" the Dakota culture?

a)

Stephen Riggs

b)

Lawrence Taliaferro

c)

Henry Sibley

d)

Josiah Snelling

9.

Who viewed the Dakota as obstacles to Manifest Destiny?

a)

George Bonga

b)

Alexander Ramsey

c)

Zebulon Pike

d)

Lawrence Taliaferro

10.

Who was the Indian Agent at Fort Snelling?

a)

Josiah Snelling

b)

George Bonga

c)

Zebulon Pike

d)

Lawrence Taliaferro

11.

Who was the young army officer who made the first land deal with the Dakota?

a)

Zebulon Pike

b)

Lawrence Taliaferro

c)

Henry Sibley

d)

Alexander Ramsey

12.

Who was sent to build a Fort on the land that was purchased from the Dakota in 1805?

a)

Josiah Snelling

b)

Colonel Henry Leavenworth

c)

Zebulon Pike

d)

Alexander Ramsey

13.

Who became the 2nd commander of the Fort and now it is named after him?

a)

Zebulon Pike

b)

Henry Sibley

c)

Henry Leavenworth

d)

Josiah Snelling

14.

When did MN become a state?

a)

1858

b)

1849

15.

When did MN become a territory?

a)

1858

b)

1849

16.

What was Fort Snelling originally names?

a)

Fort Minnesota

b)

Fort Mississippi

c)

Fort St. Anthony

d)

Fort St. Mary