Test 2

Question 1

What year was Michigan’s Territorial Council created?

Answer 1

1823

Question 2

Fr. Gabriel Richard

Answer 2

He was a territorial delegate to congress. Helped to get federal funding for the Detroit-Chicago road. Built schools in Michigan and published the first newspaper in Detroit.

Question 3

William Woodbridge

Answer 3

2nd governor of the state of Michigan. 1st territorial delegate to congress from Michigan.

Question 4

Stevens T. Mason

Answer 4

1st governor of the state of Michigan

Question 5

Lewis Cass

Answer 5

Territorial governor of Michigan 1813.

Question 6

John Monteith

Answer 6

Established the university of Michigan. First president of the University of Michigan

Question 7

Catholepistemaid

Answer 7

Judge Woodward’s plan. These principles became the basis for Michigan’s education system.

Question 8

What were the 4 bases for Michigan’s early system of education?

Answer 8

1. Public education at the university level. 2. Low tuition. 3. nonsectarian control. 4. tax supported schools.

Question 9

When was Michigan’s constitution drafted?

Answer 9

1834

Question 10

What did Mihigan gain even though it lost the Toledo Strip?

Answer 10

The western portion of the Upper Peninsula

Question 11

What year did Michigan become a state?

Answer 11

1837

Question 12

What were the General Banking act of Michigan’s terms?

Answer 12

1. A banking association could be formed by 12 landowners. 2. Required capitol stock minimum of $50,000. 3. Required 1/3 of the stock in specie.

Question 13

Wildcat banks

Answer 13

Banks that did not follow all of the provisions of the General Banking Act of Michigan

Question 14

2 Railroads completed in 1850

Answer 14

Michigan southern railroad & Michigan central railroad

Question 15

What race were most immigrants who came to Michigan?

Answer 15

British, Canadian, German, & Dutch

Question 16

Where did German immigrants settle?

Answer 16

Frankenmuth & Gaylord

Question 17

Where did Dutch immigrants settle?

Answer 17

Holland & Greenville

Question 18

Where are most of the copper mines in Michigan?

Answer 18

Keweenaw Peninsula

Question 19

Ontonagon boulder

Answer 19

A 1.5 ton boulder made entirely of copper found in the UP

Question 20

When was iron ore discovered in Michigan?

Answer 20

1844

Question 21

Who discovered iron ore in Michigan?

Answer 21

William Burt

Question 22

When was the Soo Canal opened?

Answer 22

1855

Question 23

What was the main source of wealth for Michigan pre civil war?

Answer 23

Agriculture

Question 24

Why was education important in Michigan?

Answer 24

People believed that they needed to be literate in order for democracy function well.

Question 25

John Pierce

Answer 25

Drafted a plan for public education in Michigan. First superintendent of public schooling

Question 26

1835 constitution stance on education?

Answer 26

The state of Michigan would have control over educational affairs

Question 27

Isaac Crary

Answer 27

Member of the house of representatives who petitioned for more money in Michigan's school fund

Question 28

Raisin Institute

Answer 28

First racially integrated school that taught manual labor skills

Question 28

Charles Finny

Answer 28

Campaigned for the abolition of slavery and women's rights

Question 29

Sojourner Truth

Answer 29

Lived in battle creek, MI. Campaigned for women's rights and abolition of slavery

Question 30

Lucinda Hinsdale Stone

Answer 30

Leading advocate for educational reform and equal education rights for women in Michigan

Question 31

Who founded Kalamazoo College?

Answer 31

Lucinda Hinsdale Stone

Question 32

Michigan temperance society

Answer 32

Opposed the consumption of alcohol

Question 33

What rights were women given in the Michigan Constitution of 1850

Answer 33

Right to own property

Question 34

Zachariah Chandler

Answer 34

Senator who was an avid abolitionist

Question 35

4 provisions of the new Michigan Constitution of 1850

Answer 35

1. Choose public officials by election instead of appointment 2. Limit on the legislature's power 3. The judiciary was divided into 8 circuits 4. Suffrage was extended to foreign - born males

Question 36

Kansas-Nebraska act of 1854

Answer 36

Allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska territory to determine whether the state would allow slavery or not

Question 37

How did Michigan vote in the 1860 presidential election?

Answer 37

Mainly Republican