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By maureeml
On July 18, 2019
Bell Ringer: The History of South Dakota's State Capital
Description
Tony Venhuizen gave a tour of South Dakota’s State Capitol in Pierre and shared the story of the state’s history through some of the building’s architecture and design.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- Why was Pierre, South Dakota selected to be the location of South Dakota's state capital?
- Where was the Dakota territorial capital located?
- Who caused a rift between the northern and southern parts of the Dakota territory? How did that rift impact the statehood of the Dakota Territories?
- What happened after Pierre was selected to be the state capital for the third time in 1904?
- From the second clip, who was General William Henry Harrison Beadle? How did he impact South Dakota development as a state?
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Participants
Vocabulary
- Bismark
- Black Hills
- Dakota Territory
- Parcel
- Pierre
- School And Public Lands Trust
- State Capitol
- Statehood
- Territorial Governor
- Yankton