Michigan Statehood pt. 1

Why did people come to Michigan?

• They wanted quality minerals

• They wanted more jobs

• They wanted more land

• They wanted freedom of religion

The Erie Canal was important because...

• It brought farm animals to California.

• It connected Chicago to the Mississippi.

• It connected the Atlantic to the Pacific.

• It connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

What happened as a result of building the Erie Canal?

• Many people came to Michigan.

• More farming in New York.

• More mining in Ohio.

• More people came to New York.

People moved ____ when they took the Erie Canal from Albany.

• East

• West

• South

• North

Pioneer homes were...

• Similar to native longhouses

• Finely made and pretty.

• Warm and had good furnaces.

• Build out of log and stones.

Travel in the pioneer era in Michigan was difficult because

• people took the trains.

• cars would not start.

• there were few roads and bridges.

• the deserts were dangerous to cross.

One of the problems pioneers faced was...

• too much fresh water

• too many mosquitoes

• not enough trees

• poisonous snakes

One problem Michigan had to face before becoming a state was...

• Canada's border

• where the center of the state was

• fighting the British

• what to do about the Toledo Strip

Which great lake is north of the upper peninsula?

• Lake Huron

• Lake Michigan

• Lake Superior

• Lake Erie

After determining Michigan had 60,000 people, its next step was to...

• write a state constitution

• build seven forts

• clear land for farming

• start a newspaper