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11 Cards in this Set
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Jacques Marquette
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Frech priest and explorer who explored from Michigan down the Mississippi River and back again
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Louis Jolliet
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Explored the Mississippi River with Jacques Marquette
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trading post
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a store where goods are bought and sold *exchange!
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Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
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"The Father of Chicago" started a trading post in modern day Chicago that grew into the biggest city in the Midwest
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Wapello County, Iowa
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One of many areas of the Midwest where white settlers forced Native Americans off of their land to settle the land themselves
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sod
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grass, roots, and dirt that farmers in the Midwest used to make temporary houses
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John Deere
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a blacksmith and businessman who invented the steel plow and started the John Deere farm equipment company
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Cahokia
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an ancient Native American Plaza that became a center for trade because it was close to three rivers (Illinois, Missouri, and Mississippi)
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Merriweather Lewis and William Clark
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explorers who were trying to find an all water route to the Pacific Ocean from the Midwest.
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transcontinental railroad
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a railroad that crossed the entire country
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interstate highway system
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highways that are wide, fast and connect most of the states in the United States
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