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Ohio History Study Guide
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Know the map of Ohio
Know that Native American tribes lived in and around Ohio and the tribes gave up most of their lands in
The Treaty of Greenville 1794. Shawnee Chief Tecumseh did not sign the Treaty of Greenville. After losing the Battle of Tippecanoe he lost supplies and support. In The War of 1812 he aided the British hoping they would allow him his land if they won.
America acquired the Northwest Territory, including Ohio, from France in the Treaty of Paris 1783.
1803 Ohio became the 17th state
Oliver Hazard Perry led the American fleet against the much larger British fleet in the
Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. Perry sent a message to Gen. Harrison, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." He also aided Harrison in the Battle of Thames which led to the British surrender and the signing of the Treaty of Ghent ending the War of 1812 in 1814.
General W. H. Harrison who aided Wayne in the Battle of Fallen Timbers became a delegate to congress
and then governor of the Territory Indiana. He was elected our 9th president.
Harriet Beecher Stowe moved to Cincinnati with her abolitionist family in 1832 and wrote the book
Uncle Tom’s Cabin based on her experiences during her 18 years in Ohio. This book convinced many people that slaves should be freed.
William H. Taft was born in 1857 in Cincinnati. He was a Federal Judge, Secretary of War in 1904, and as
the 27th president (Ohio’s 7th) 1910 - 1913 he passed laws limiting the power of big business.
Marine fighter pilot Colonel John H. Glenn (1921- ), a highly decorated WW II and Korean War veteran,
was the first American to orbit the Earth. After he retired from the space program Glenn who was born and raised in Ohio became a U.S. senator representing Ohio from 1974 -’98.
At a protest at Kent State University four students were killed when National Guardsmen opened fire in
some confusion during the Vietnam war.
Currently the motto of the state of Ohio, "With God all things are possible" is being challenged because
of concerns with separation of church and state.
Our license plates say "Birthplace of Aviation" because of the Wright brothers invention.