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Iowa History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Iowa's state fish | channel catfish |
| Iowa's state flower | wild rose |
| Iowa's state bird | American goldfinch |
| How Iowa got their state name | Ioway American Indians |
| Iowa's state rock | geode |
| The year Iowa was admitted into the union and the number it was into the U.S. | 1846 & 29th state |
| Iowa's state tree | bur oak |
| How many counties in IA? | 99 |
| What does RAGBRAI stand for? | Registers Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa |
| The first two capitals of Iowa before Des Moines | Burlington & Iowa City |
| What two ordinances put territories into effect in the late 1700s? | Land Ordinance of 1785 & Northwest Land Ordinance of 1787 |
| What were the territories called that Iowa was a part of before becoming a state? | Michigan and Wisconsin |
| Most, if not all, American Indians were removed from Iowa in this year. | 1852 |
| These THREE types of businesses shot up with the formation of I80 | manufacturing, transportation & industry |
| These three tribes fought in the Black Hawk war of 1832 and were forced to give up 6 million acres of land. | Sauk, Fox, & Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) |
| Highest and lowest elevation points (in feet) in Iowa. | highest- 1670 lowest- 480 |
| At the lowest point in Iowa, what two rivers converge? | Des Moines & Mississippi |
| What geographical land feature is NW Iowa in? | plains |
| This is a 6 mile-by-6 mile plot of land that Jefferson constructed in the Northwest Territory | township |
| This culture was the most populous group to immigrate to IA. | German |
| These were considered this vocabulary term from Europe: "efforts to attract more northern and western European settlers." | Good stock |
| Who supported the public schools in the early 19th century ? | Community funding |
| What were the three most important subjects that were taught in early public rural schools? | reading, 'ritin' (writing) & rithmetic (math) The 3 Rs' |
| Which railroad company started building the Transcontinental Railroad in Council Bluffs (IA)/Omaha area? | Union Pacific |
| Three OLDEST public high school in the state of IA. | Dubuque, & Des Moines East |
| The three IA state colleges that all opened in the mid-late 1800s. | Iowa State, Northern Iowa & Iowa |
| These five brothers from Iowa were killed on a ship in the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II | Sullivan Brothers |
| This local Lyon County here & resident was a tank driver/interpreter and liberated a concentration camp during World War II. | Jake Wulf |
| This slogan when the war began was "____ _____ ___ ___ _____." With the aid of mechanized farm implements and hybrid seed corn, production reached levels undreamed of previously. | "Food Will Win the War." |
| These three IA factories helped manufacturing during WWII. | Solar Aircraft, John Deere & Army Ordinance Plant |
| These two cities in IA had prisoner of war camps during WWII. | Clarinda & Algona |
| WWII marked the first time that these people could serve in active duty. | Women |
| "Examine the role of Iowa's heroes during World War II, with a specific focus on Jake Wulf and the Sullivan Brothers. How did these two historical figures exemplify the spirit of service and sacrifice during wartime? | Examine the articles on Canvas to set up your response to this question. Mr. K will have hard copies of these two articles if you need them during the test. |
| This local Lyon County hero & resident was a bridge engineer and was a POW (prisoner of war) during World War II. | Tom Bouwman |
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