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| removal of water or liquid waste |
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| part of the Midwest region between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes; flat land and low hills, receives a lot of rain, good for farming |
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| vast grassland between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains |
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| mountain range just west of the Great Plains; cause warm and cool air masses to clash and create violent weather in the Midwest |
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| group of five freshwater lakes located in the northern Midwest - Erie, Huron Superior, Michigan, and Ontario; create lake-effect snowstorms |
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| a large area of level or rolling land with grass and few or no trees |
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| people who move from place to place, sometimes following herds of animals for food, clothing, and other resources |
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| A journey made for a special purpose |
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| the land surrounding the Great Lakes before it was divided into the US states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin |
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| Law that described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed |
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| A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France. |
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| Land from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains |
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| US purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803; doubled the size of America |
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| Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806) |
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| Two explorers sent by the president to explore the Louisiana Purchase; their findings encouraged other people to travel farther west |
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| allowed settlers to claim land on the Great Plains for a small fee; settlers were required to farm the land and remain there for five years |
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| A designated area of land that Native American Tribes lived on |
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| Black Hills of South Dakota |
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| the gold that was discovered on this land led to Americans invading Native American land and resulting battles between settlers and Native Americans |
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| the act of treating a person or group unfairly by other people or groups |
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| man-made waterways constructed to allow boats and ships to travel between bodies of water and increase trade and industrialization |
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| the growth of this industry was fueled by the construction of railroads, cars, bridges, buildings, and weapons; this brought many jobs and people to the Midwest |
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| Founder of Ford Motor Company in Michigan in 1903; his factory manufactured massive amounts of automobiles in a short amount of time |
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| an arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled |
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| Movement of African Americans from the South to the North to escape discrimination and to gain the advantage of the job opportunities in the Midwest |
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| the use of machines in the manufacturing process |
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| A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929. |
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| A way of supplying fresh water to an area of farmland. |
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