Test: History of Michigan
1.In 1820, the first steamboat sailed on the Great Lakes, as well as on the Detroit River. What was this vessel called?
A) DeWitt Clinton
B) Griffon
C) Walk-in-the-Water
D) Maid of the Mist
2.Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825, this 350-mile-long transportation route was the engineering marvel of its day. It enabled Michigan farmers to ship their products to Eastern cities and brought thousands of new settlers into the Michigan Territory. What was it called?
A) The National Road
B) Erie Canal
C) Chicago Military Road
D) Sault Ste. Marie Canal
3.In 1837, the Michigan State Legislature passed a Public Improvement Act, which authorized the governor to sell $5 million in bonds to fund the construction of what?
A) two trans-peninsular canals and three trans-peninsular railroads
B) a bridge across the Detroit River and two railroads
C) a road from Detroit to Kalamazoo and three trans-peninsular canals
D) a railroad from Detroit to Ann Arbor and four buildings to house the newly established University of Michigan
4.During the 1830s, a flood of immigration sent Michigan's population soaring to over 212,000. By 1850, the state had nearly 398,000 residents. How many of them were foreign-born?
A) 10%
B) 22%
C) 14%
D) 18%
5.The earliest mining in Michigan was for what mineral?
A) iron
B) silver
C) gold
D) copper
6.After conducting extensive surveying and geological studies that confirmed the existence of copper deposits throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula, who published a report in 1841 that changed the course of Michigan's economic, political and social development?
A) Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
B) Lewis Cass
C) Douglas Houghton
D) Robert Rogers
7.The Public Improvement Act ran into problems because 1837 was not an opportune time for Michigan to seek purchasers for bonds. How did President Andrew Jackson's "Specie Circular" policy make it even harder for Michigan to find potential investors?
A) it demanded that land purchased from the government had to be sold in plots no smaller
A) DeWitt Clinton
B) Griffon
C) Walk-in-the-Water
D) Maid of the Mist
2.Begun in 1817 and completed in 1825, this 350-mile-long transportation route was the engineering marvel of its day. It enabled Michigan farmers to ship their products to Eastern cities and brought thousands of new settlers into the Michigan Territory. What was it called?
A) The National Road
B) Erie Canal
C) Chicago Military Road
D) Sault Ste. Marie Canal
3.In 1837, the Michigan State Legislature passed a Public Improvement Act, which authorized the governor to sell $5 million in bonds to fund the construction of what?
A) two trans-peninsular canals and three trans-peninsular railroads
B) a bridge across the Detroit River and two railroads
C) a road from Detroit to Kalamazoo and three trans-peninsular canals
D) a railroad from Detroit to Ann Arbor and four buildings to house the newly established University of Michigan
4.During the 1830s, a flood of immigration sent Michigan's population soaring to over 212,000. By 1850, the state had nearly 398,000 residents. How many of them were foreign-born?
A) 10%
B) 22%
C) 14%
D) 18%
5.The earliest mining in Michigan was for what mineral?
A) iron
B) silver
C) gold
D) copper
6.After conducting extensive surveying and geological studies that confirmed the existence of copper deposits throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula, who published a report in 1841 that changed the course of Michigan's economic, political and social development?
A) Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
B) Lewis Cass
C) Douglas Houghton
D) Robert Rogers
7.The Public Improvement Act ran into problems because 1837 was not an opportune time for Michigan to seek purchasers for bonds. How did President Andrew Jackson's "Specie Circular" policy make it even harder for Michigan to find potential investors?
A) it demanded that land purchased from the government had to be sold in plots no smaller