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History of Iowa

History of Iowa. Iowa ’ s Early History--Indians. Saux and Fox Two most powerful tribes in this area They hunted and established villages along the Mississippi and Rock Rivers (Quad Cities) Blackhawk War Chief Blackhawk fought a war against the white people in Illinois (LOST) Mesquaki

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History of Iowa

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  1. History of Iowa

  2. Iowa’s Early History--Indians • Saux and Fox • Two most powerful tribes in this area • They hunted and established villages along the Mississippi and Rock Rivers (Quad Cities) • Blackhawk War • Chief Blackhawk fought a war against the white people in Illinois (LOST) • Mesquaki • Only tribe living in Iowa today • Tama County

  3. Iowa’s first settlers • Natural Resources • Wood (Timber in the East) • Good land (prairie/tall grass) • Lots of rivers • Coal (southern Iowa) • Mormon Trail • Across the Southern Part of Iowa (US 34)

  4. Road to Statehood • 1803—Iowa was part of Louisiana Purchase • 1808---Ft. Madison was created, first fort on the Mississippi River • 1838---Iowa becomes a US Territory • 1846---Iowa becomes the 29th State • Capitals • Burlington Territorial Capital of Iowa • Iowa City: Iowa’s first state capital • Des Moines Became state capital in 1857

  5. Transportation • Rivers • The Mississippi River gave easy access for shipping goods to New Orleans • All large cities were located on rivers • Railroad • By 1860 Chicago had over a dozen RR lines that went to Iowa • RR’s began to stretch across the state • Burlington, Davenport, Clinton, Dubuque had own lines • Better than water b/c it was year round way to transport

  6. Civil War • Iowa was in the Union • 75,000 served from Iowa • 13,001 died • Served most in the battles of the west (Shiloh)

  7. Politics • Republicans • Dominant party early in Iowa’s History • Found more in Rural Areas • Scandinavian • Democrats • More popular later in Iowa’s History • Found more in Urban Areas • Initially Germans and Irish

  8. Immigrants • Iowa’s population grew dramatically from 1860-1870 • 674,000---1,194,020 • Iowa: Home of Immigrants • Book that recruited immigrants to come to Iowa. • Germans and Scandinavians were the immigrant groups with the highest percentage of people moving into Iowa

  9. Germans • Settled in a variety of areas • NE Iowa (Farming) • Along the Mississippi River (Industry and Farming) • Germans kept a lot of their same German culture until WWI. • They were primarily Methodist and Baptists • They were the most popular immigrant group

  10. German Ancestry

  11. Scandinavians • Scandinavians: • Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands • Very Isolated • Norwegians (Northeast Iowa) • Swedes (Boone Co) • Danes (Southwest Iowa) • Dutch (Story City and Pella)

  12. Norwegian Ancestry

  13. Dutch Ancestry

  14. African Americans • After the Civil War, the number of African Americans in Iowa increased considerably. • WWII • Extremely high migration of African Americans to cities within the North • Waterloo and Des Moines saw a significant increase • Worked in major factories (John Deere in Waterloo) • Today • Highest number of minorities are found in cities • Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Waterloo

  15. Farming • Obviously a very important profession in Iowa • Was very profitable during WWI and WWII • Not profitable during Great Depression and the 1980s • Farm Holiday Association • Withheld supplies from market. • Farming continued to suffer until the start of WWII when they were forced to grow food to supply troops. • New Ideas • Iowa farmers have been important in developing many new agricultural ideas

  16. Large In-State Universities • University of Iowa • Located in Iowa City • Established as a liberal arts university in 1847 • Iowa State University • Located in Ames • Established under the Morrill Act in 1862 • University of Northern Iowa • Located in Cedar Falls • Established as a teacher college in 1876

  17. Negative News about Iowa • Clear Lake Tragedy • 1959 Plane Crash involving Richie Valens, Big Bopper, and other famous Musicians • Postville Raid • Raid on illegal immigrants at numerous plants within Postville • University of Iowa Shooting • Shooter opened fire in the Van Allen building (1989), killed 5 • One of the first mass shootings

  18. New laws within Iowa • Rural Free Delivery • Made it easier for farmers to get their news, mail, • Iowa’s Gay Marriage Law • April of 2009, made Iowa one of the handful of states to allow gay marriages • No Smoking Ban • In 2008, became one of a handful of states to ban smoking in public buildings

  19. Attractions • Iowa State Fair • RAGBRAI—bike ride across Iowa • Field of Dreams—Dyersville, Iowa • Snake Alley • Athletics • College Athletics (DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, JUCO) • High School Athletics • Knoxville Nationals

  20. Natural Disasters • Disasters • Tornado’s • Parkersburg • Pomerory • Camanche • Blizzards • Floods • 1965 • 1993 • 2008

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