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Chap. Four
Social Studies Concept Cards
Question | Answer |
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who's Douglass Houghton? | geologist who found copper in the upper peninsula. |
what's slavery? | keeping people against their will and forcing them to work for you without them getting paid. |
What's compromise? | agreement in which each side gives up part of it's demands. |
Whats a constitution? | plan of government. |
Whats the war of 1812? | The second official war between Great Britan and America |
Who's Oliver Hazard Perry? | A naval officer who helped win a battle in put-in-bay which helped the Americans win the war of 1812 |
What's impressment? | Stopping american ships, kidnapping sailors and forcing them to serve the British. |
Who's Lewis Cass? | Governor of Michigan territory in 1813. He got a lot of Native American land through treaties |
What's a pioneer? | One of the first people to settle in a new part of a country. |
Whats a steamboat? | A boat powered by steam. |
Whats a canal? | A hand made waterway. |
What do you have to do to be self-reliant? | Take care of your self. |
Who's Stevens T.Mason? | "Boy" governor who was Michigan's first elected governor |
What does ordinance mean? | Laws |
Who are immigrants? | People who leave one country to live in another. |
What's a reservation? | land set aside by the government as settlements. |
What's a township? | Block of land, 6 miles long and 6 miles wide. |