Term | Definition |
democracy | a form of government in which the people rule by making decisions themselves |
1803 | Ohio becomes a state |
1861 | American Civil War begins |
1910 | The Great Migration Begins |
1959 | The Ohio Civil Rights Act is passed |
2015 | Total population of Ohio is 11,536,504. |
Tecumseh (1768-1813) | A Shawnee leader who worked to unite Native Americans;
Fought for British and died during the War of 1812 |
Mary Ann Bickerdyke (1817-1901) | Born near Mount Vernon, Ohio, and studied at Oberlin College |
John Parker (1827 - 1900) | Bought his freedom from slavery and moved to Ripley, Ohio in 1853. Helped many others escape slavery through the Underground Railroad in Ohio. |
Thomas Edison (1847 - 1931) | Invented the electric lightbulb; Invented more than a thousand other items, many of which are still used today |
Wilbur (1867 - 1912) &
Orville (1871 - 1948) Wright | The two brother from Dayton Ohio that made the first successful powered airplane flight; Their airplane, the Kitty Hawk, made its first flight in 1903 |
Hallie Quinn Brown (1850 - 1949) | Born to former slave parents. Studied and taught at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Speaker, writer and early activist for civil and and women's rights. |
Garrett Morgan (1877-1963) | Patented the first traffic signal in 1923. Invented many other useful things, such as the gas mask and sewing machine attachment |
canal | a waterway made by people |
abolitionist | a person who wanted to end slavery |
secede | to withdraw to form a new country |
invention | something made for the first time |
patent | a government award of the right to buy or sell an invention |
stock | a share of ownership in a company |
recycle | to use again |
civil rights | the rights and freedoms given by the Constitution to all U.S. citizens |
census | official population count
the number of people living in an area |
constitution | a written plan of government |
confederation | a large group made of smaller groups that work together for the same goals |
reservations | land set aside by the government for use by Native Americans |
Migration | the movement of people from one place to live in another place |
Immigration | the movement of people from one country to live in another. |
How did better transportation change life in Ohio? | The National Road and canals made it easier for farmers to transport their goods to other places. |
How did the the Battle of Tippecanoe affect people in Ohio? | The Native Americans lost most of the land and the settlers moved to Ohio. |
Write a diary entry about the building of the National Road during the 1830s. | pg 128-129 |
plantations | huge farms that grow crops such as cotton, rice and sugarcane |
slave states | states that allowed slavery |
free states | States where slavery was against the law, most Northern states including Ohio |
abolitionists | people who wanted the government to abolish or end slavery |
How did the issue of slavery divide the United States during the mid-1800s? | Southern States said that they needed the slaves to do the work on the plantations |