| 1: MEET
MICHIGAN |
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Learn the Basics |
1 |
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What's Underfoot |
8 |
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The Time at the
Edge of the Ice |
12 |
| 2:
MICHIGAN’S NATIVE AMERICANS - PEOPLE OF NATURE |
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First Michiganians: Two Amazing Groups |
17 |
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Unwritten History |
22 |
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Life Among the Tribes |
29 |
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3: FRANCE COMES TO NORTH AMERICA |
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The Pathway to Michigan |
37 |
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Search for Souls: Missionaries & Priests |
44 |
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The Explorers: Through Woods and Over Waters |
52 |
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Fur Is King! |
62 |
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4: THE BRITISH - A NEW FLAG ON THE FRONTIER |
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A War in the Woods: French, British & Indians |
66 |
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Chief Pontiac on the Offensive |
71 |
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Michigan - While Our Nation is Born: 1774-1783 |
78 |
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5: MICHIGAN JOINS THE
U.S. FROM WILDERNESS TO TERRITORY |
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The British Hang On! |
85 |
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United States Takes Possession: 1796-1812 |
90 |
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The War of 1812: The Last Tussle for Michigan |
99 |
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The War of 1812: Victories at Last! |
105 |
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6: THE PATHWAY WIDENS - PIONEERS ON THE WAY |
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Yankees Move West |
111 |
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Forging the Landscape: Farmers Arrive! |
121 |
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Those Frontier Days |
127 |
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7: TOWARD STATEHOOD - GROWING LIKE A WEED! |
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Becoming a State: No Simple Matter |
137 |
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Boom and Bust |
146 |
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Canals & Copper |
153 |
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8: A STAND AGAINST SLAVERY |
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A Way to Freedom: The Underground Railroad |
165 |
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New Politics From the
Wolverine State |
174 |
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Michigan’s Army Goes Off to War: 1861-1865 |
181 |
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9: WE TAKE FROM NATURE’S STOREHOUSE |
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Lumbering: Rugged People and the Smell of Sawdust |
191 |
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Copper and Iron by the Ton |
204 |
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A Farming Revolution: More Food For All |
214 |
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Fishing on the Great Lakes |
223 |
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10: THE FOCUS CHANGES - FROM FARM TO FACTORY |
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We Made It Here - Cereal, Stoves & Cigars |
233 |
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In the Factories - The Worker's Viewpoint |
243 |
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Time for Reform: Who Was Potato Pingree? |
248 |
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Great Lakes Ships and Cargoes |
253 |
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11: WE PUT THE WORLD ON WHEELS - FORGING
AMERICA |
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From Quadricycles to Corporations |
264 |
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Ford, Durant, Olds, and Others Help the Auto Industry Grow |
274 |
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Life Just Isn’t
the Same: Changes in Society |
282 |
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12: AN AWESOME WAR & AFTERWARDS - WORLD WAR I |
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From the Plow to the Gun |
290 |
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Rum Runners, Gangsters and the
1920's |
298 |
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Modernizing Michigan |
306 |
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13: BLEAK TIMES LEAD TO ANOTHER WAR - 1930s & 1940s |
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Michigan Bends Under the Depression |
315 |
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Unions: A New Friend at the Factory |
326 |
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Tension and Triumph in Democracy’s Arsenal: World War II |
334 |
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14: MICHIGAN AS WE SEE IT TODAY |
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Settling Down: Colleges, Homes, and Highways -
1950's |
346 |
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Going In New Directions Under New Stresses -
1960's |
357 |
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Twists and Turns: A New Era Is Coming -
1970's & 1980's |
368 |
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Environmental Concerns |
378 |
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Beautiful Places & Interesting People |
384 |
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| Bibliography |
399 |
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| Glossary |
407 |
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| Index |
419 |
