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2/28/12

OHIO HISTORY: Chapter 7 Research Questions

page 117

1. What is the difference between a free state and a slave state?

2. What is a plantation?

3. What law banned slavery in Ohio?

page 118-119

4. What was the Underground Railroad?

5. What were the people called who helped runaway slaves along their way toward freedom?

6. Why do you think the slaves called the North Star and Big Dipper "guide lights?"

page 120-121

7. What is an abolitionist?

8. What law was passed in 1850 that said people in the North must help catch slaves and return them to their owners?

9. Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

page 122

10. Who was our nation's president during the Civil War?

11. How many Ohio men fought in the Civil War?

12. How did Ohio women help out during the Civil War?

page 126

13. Name 2 famous Union generals that were from Ohio.

page 127-128

14. What was the most important result of the Civil War?

15. What terrible event occurred just a few days after the Civil War ended?

OHIO HISTORY: Chapter 6 Research Questions

page 98

1. Why was Ohio called the Gateway State?

2. People of Ohio started the T_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _: better and faster ways to travel in and out of the state.

3. Why was transportation so important?

pages 101-104

4. Which direction did National Road run through Ohio?

5. From New Philadelphia, in which direction would you have to travel to get to National Road?

6. What two main bodies of water did the Ohio canals connect?

7. What allowed canal boats to travel up and down hilly country?

8. What was the maximum speed a canal boat could travel?

9. Why didn't people use steamboats and canal boats much after railroads came about?

pages 105-106

10. Name 4 reasons the Irish immigrated to the United States.

11. Name 3 reasons Germans came to the United States.

pages 111

12. What is a communal religion?

13. What were the names of the 2 largest groups of communal religions?

14. Why were the Shakers called "Shakers?"

15. Which Ohio town got its name from the Shakers?

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OHIO HISTORY BOOK QUESTIONS

CHAPTER 6: THE GATEWAY STATE 1815-1860

pp 98-104

a. What was the Transportation Revolution?

b. Name the 4 types of boats used.

c. What was Zane's Trace?

d. What was National Road?

e. What 2 main bodies of water did Ohio canals connect?

f. How fast could a canal boat go?

g. What was the purpose of a lock?

h. How does a lock work?

i. How much faster could a railroad go than a canal?

j. What was the Erie & Kalamzoo Railroad?

pp. 105-106

a. Name some reasons the Irish and Germans came to America.

pp. 109

a. Name some Ohio colleges and the cities they are located in.

pp. 110-112

a. What is a communal religion?

b. Name the two largest groups of communal religions.

c. Which of those two groups still exists today?

d. An "act" is a law. What was the Indian Removal Act?

e. Which president made this law?

f. How do you think the Indians felt about this law?

g. What do you think about it?

CHAPTER 7: OHIO IN THE CIVIL WAR: 1840-1865

pp 117

a. free states/slave states

b. lives of slaves

p 118

a. What was the Underground Railroad?

b. define/discuss: train tracks, guide lights, conductors

p 120-121

a. What is an abolitionist?

b. What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

c. Do you think people should have obeyed or disobeyed that law?

c. What did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin have to do with the Civil War?

d. Who wrote that book?

p 122

a. How many men from Ohio fought in the Civil War?

b. Name some ways Ohio women helped in the Civil War.

c. How did Ohio farms help in the Civil War?

p 123

a. Who were the Copperheads?

p 126

a. Name 2 famous Union generals from Ohio.

p 127

a. What month and year did the Civil War end?

b. How many Ohio men died in the Civil War?

CHAPTER 8: INDUSTRY & IMMIGRANTS 1865-1915

pp 132-133

a. read & discuss

pp 134-137

a. Which 5 presidents were from Ohio?

b. Which Ohio president did not want to be president?

c. Which president's wife was the first to be named "First Lady?"

d. Which president had electricity put into the White House?

e. Which president was known as a farmer and a scholar,

and was shot by a man in a train station less than a year

after taking office?

f. Which Ohio president led the nation in the

Spanish-American War and was also assassinated?

g. Why is our state flower the red carnation?

pp 138-142

a. read & discuss the 6 largest cities in Ohio:

locations, industries, products, problems, etc..

pp 142-144

a. Find the reasons that these groups flocked to

Ohio's cities during this time:

--nearby farm people

--southern people

--Europeans

pp 148

a. Name the problems that Ohio cities faced by 1900.

CHAPTER 9: A NEW CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1900-1920

pp 152

a. read & discuss, as an intro.

b. What is a Progressive?

c. What does reform mean?

d. Which 2 Ohio mayors worked hard to

the Roaring Twenties?reform Ohio?

pp 155

a. What is minimum wage?

b. What is workmen's compensation?

pp 160

a. Name some Ohio inventions and their inventors.

pp 162-163

a. Who was president during WWI?

b. How many Ohio soldiers fought in WWI?

c. Name some ways Ohio helped during WWI.

d. What holiday celebrates the end of WWI?

pp 164

a. In what year did women win the right to vote?

b. What amendment to the Constitution

gave women the right to vote?

CHAPTER 10: GOOD TIMES & HARD TIMES 1920-1940

pp 169-170

a. Describe what life was like during the "Roaring Twenties."

b. What is a consumer good?

c. What was one of the major problems during

the Roaring Twenties?

pp 171

a. What were 3 problems in Ohio businesses that

moved the nation toward the Great Depression.

pp 172-173

Read about The Stock Market Crash and The Great Depression

pp 174

a. What is sales tax?

b. Which Ohio governor passed a sales tax

law to help public schools?

c. What was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's nickname?

d. What famous words did President Roosevelt

speak during his inaugural address?

pp 175

a. What were "Fireside Chats?"

pp 176

a. Why did Roosevelt start the New Deal?

b. Why were the agencies called the alphabet agencies?

c. Which agency planted trees and built hiking

trails, campsites and roads?

d. Which agency helped farmers by giving them loans.

e. Which agency transformed Ohio's big cities?

CHAPTER 11: END OF A CENTURY 1940-2000

pp 182-183

a. What year did WWII begin? (timeline on p. 180)

b. Read pages 182-183

c. Why did the United States enter WWII?

pp 184-185

a. How many Ohio men fought in WWII?

b. How did women help during the war?

c. How did children help during the war?

d. What year did WWII end?

e. What weapon was used by the U.S. that has

never been used again?

pp 186-189

a. Name 3 things built in the 1950's that improved transportation for Ohio.

b. What does the Ohio Lottery help pay for?

c. Who was the first American to orbit the earth? To walk on the moon?

pp 190-193

a. What two main groups of people fought for more

rights during the 1960's?

b. Which president proposed major civil rights laws

to end discrimination?

pp 194

a. What was the longest war in U.S. history? How long did it last?

b. Why did Americans fight in the Vietnam war?

c. What is communism?

d. What happened at Kent State University in May of 1970?

pp 196

a. Name 3 countries where immigrants have come from to settle in Ohio.

pp 198-199

a. Why did people want to clean up Lake Erie?

b. List 3 things that were done to make it easier

for businesses to move to Ohio?

CHAPTER 12: MAKING A LIVING IN OHIO

204-207: BASIC ECONOMICS CONCEPTS:

goods-

services-

economics-

free enterprise-

employee-

wage/salary-

profit-

expense-

supply and demand-

consumers-

advertising-

212-213: 4 FACTORS OF PRODUCTION:

land (natural resources)-

labor-

entrepreneurship-

capital goods-

APPLY: Pretend that you are going to set up a lemonade stand.

1. List the 4 factors of production you would need to start this business.

2. List your expenses and estimate the cost of expenses.

3. Estimate the amount of money you will collect from customers if ALL of your product sells.

4. Compute what your profit would be by subtracting #2 from #3 above.

214-215: HOW TRANSPORTATION AFFECTS TRADE

216-217: 3 WAYS OHIO PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING:

a. Farming (What are 2 main crops crown in Ohio today?)

b. Manufacturing & Mining (Name some major products Ohio produces.)

c. Service Industries (Name some examples of service jobs.)

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