Ohio History

Question 1

Fort Ancient Culture

Answer 1

a late prehistoric group of Native Americans who relied heavily on corn agriculture

Question 2

Hopewell Culture

Answer 2

a Native American group from the middle Woodland period

Question 3

War of 1812

Answer 3

Battle between the US and the British Empire mainly over the British trying to restrict US trade. Sometimes called the “second war of independence.”

Question 4

I-Houses

Answer 4

a common type of house built by settlers that is typically two stories and one room deep

Question 5

Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

Answer 5

a terrorist white supremacist hate group created during Reconstruction to prevent African Americans from gaining political power that would go on to attack immigrants and Catholics

Question 6

Prophetstown

Answer 6

a settlement established by Tecumseh and his brother

Question 7

Paleo-Indian

Answer 7

hunter and gatherer populations who arrived in North America at the end of the Ice Age

Question 8

Northwest Territory

Answer 8

Formed following the revolutionary war and included the land that now makes up part of Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

Question 9

Proclamation of 1763

Answer 9

In an attempt to avoid conflicts with Native Americans, this was issued by King George and stated that colonists couldn’t settle the Ohio River Valley.

Question 10

The Great Migration

Answer 10

the migration of approximately six million African Americans from the South to the North during the 20th century

Question 11

Woodland Cultures

Answer 11

native people who developed permanent settlements and began using the warmer climate to cultivate crops

Question 12

The American Revolution of 1776 / The War for Independence

Answer 12

The war for independence between the American colonies and Great Britain.

Question 13

Rust Belt

Answer 13

describes Northeastern states after an economic and population shift to Southern and Southwestern states in the 1960s that caused many Northeastern factories to close

Question 14

Battle of the Thames

Answer 14

a battle won by American soldiers in Ontario, Canada, during the War of 1812

Question 15

Adena Culture

Answer 15

a Native American group from the early Woodland period

Question 16

Ohio River Valley

Answer 16

a rich farmland on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains

Question 17

French and Indian War / The Seven Years War

Answer 17

1756-1763. Conflict between the British and the French, who allied with Native American tribes. Britain’s victory gave them all lands east of the Mississippi River and established them as the dominant force in North America.

Question 18

What were two important Union military leaders came from Ohio?

Answer 18

Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman during the civil war

Question 19

Following the American Revolution, settlers were still prevented from forming stable, safe settlements in the land that is now Ohio because British soldiers remained in the area, supporting the Native American attacks on the settlers. Which of the following events finally ended the British involvement in the settlement of Ohio?

A
a treaty between Tecumseh’s confederacy and the American government

B
the Battle of Tippecanoe

C
Tecumseh’s death

D
the War of 1812

Answer 19

The war of 1812

As part of the resolution of the War of 1812, these British soldiers left. Without the continued support of the British soldiers, the Native Americans in the area were unable to prevent the settlers’ westward movement.

Question 20

Roles of Native Americans in order (4)

Answer 20

1. Paleo-Indian hunter and gatherer populations, came from ice age.
2. Woodland cultures after the climate warmed, includes the Adena and Hopewell groups.
3. Fort Ancient people, who were even less nomadic and even more reliant on agriculture than the Woodland cultures. For unknown reasons, the Fort Ancient people disappeared from the area by 1650 and were eventually replaced by tribes that arrived from other areas.
4. The Shawnee, Seneca-Cayuga, Lenape, Wyandot, Myaamia, and Ottawa tribes were the main Native American tribes that lived in Ohio

Question 21

Tecumseh

Answer 21

The largest of the six main tribes in the area was the Shawnee, the tribe of Tecumseh.

Tecumseh worked with his brother to create an alliance across tribes against white settlers. The movement to form a confederacy disintegrated following the attack and defeat of the Prophetstown settlement by American soldiers while Tecumseh was away.

Tecumseh went on to fight alongside the British in the War of 1812 and was killed in the Battle of the Thames.

Question 22

Geography regions of ohio (5)

Answer 22

The Till Plains- The Till Plains make up part of western Ohio. The flat and fertile land in this region facilitates farming.

The Great Lakes Plains- The Great Lakes Plains are in the north of the state, below Lake Erie’s shoreline. This land is especially fertile and good for farming.

The Appalachian Plateau- The Appalachian Plateau region begins below Lake Erie and extends to the east. This area is more rugged and less accommodating of farming.

The Bluegrass Region- The bluegrass region is hilly, fertile land in southern Ohio.

Lake Erie Shoreline- The eastern portion of the Lake Erie Shoreline is characterized by clay bluffs, while the western shore provides clay and sand beaches.

Question 23

Ohio contains portions of 5 different geographic regions. Which of the following regions describes the hilly, infertile land in southern Ohio?

a
The Great Lakes Plains

b
The Bluegrass Region

c
The Till Plains

d
The Appalachian Plateau

Answer 23

The bluegrass region