Social Studies

This is the remaining of the framed outline we completed in class on the Mountain States region.  It includes some history as well as economic information.  Students should be able to fill in the blanks. 

3.       Women Fight for Their Rights (History)

a.       For much of our country’s history, _____________________, _________________  ___________________, and _____________________  ______________________ could not vote.

b.      __________________  ____________  ___________________, _________________  __________________, and other women led the fight for women’s _________________ for over 50 years beginning in the mid 1800s.

c.       The women spoke a lot in the ____________________  ___________________ region where both _________________ and ____________________ were open to new ideas.

d.      ______________________ was the first state to give women the right to vote.  Many of the __________________ hoped it would encourage women to ______________ there.

e.      In ______________, Congress passed the ____________________  _________________ to the Constitution allowing women’s suffrage across the U.S.

f.        Women continued to fight for ____________________ and in 1924 Wyoming voted for the first woman _____________________________.

4.       The Mountain States Today (Economy)

a.       There are few large ____________________ in the Mountain States.  ___________________ and ___________________________ are the largest.

b.      Much of the region is public land.  It is _________________, __________________, and ___________________ by the government.

c.       The ____________________  _________________ and surrounding area provide varied _____________________ that attract people to it.

d.      ___________________ and ____________________ are the most important industries in the region.

e.      Much of the region’s tourism comes from outdoor recreation, including _________________, __________________  _________________, and _____________.