Famous Missourians – Can you name their profession?

William Lear Robert Altman Rush Limbaugh Burt Bacharach Jesse James Bob Barker Yogi Berra James C. Penney Bill Bradley John J. Pershing Omar Nelson Bradley Maya Angelou Martha Jane Canary Virgil Thomson Harry S. Truman George Washington Carver Dick Van Dyke Samuel Langhorne Clemens Brad Pitt Walter Cronkite Sheryl Crow T. S. Eliot Jean Harlow Redd Foxx John Goodman Charles Lindberg Edwin Hubble Laura Ingalls Wilder James Langston Hughes Satchel Paige Daniel Boone Dred Scott

MISSOURI INTRO INTO THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI  First Europeans to visit Missouri were remnants of the Spanish EARLY HISTORY Conquistadors and French explorers from Canada.  Marquette and Joliet provide the first account of Missouri in 1673.  1682: the area was claimed by La Salle for France.  Part of the Louisiana Territory – culture influenced mainly by the French  First permanent settlement: St. Genevieve (1730s)  1764: St. Louis was established as a fur trading post  1803: France sold Louisiana Territory to the US  What was this called?  Lewis and Clark explored the area – taking off from St. Charles in 1804  Missouri Compromise in 1820: allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state  Aug. 28, 1820: first state election was held  1820: Missouri was authorized to write a constitution  Two house legislature: House of Reps and Senate  2 Senators are elected represent the state in D.C.  Each county was to have one delegate in the house  Max number of legislators was 100 (# was increased was population grew)  Missouri was admitted to the US union on August 10. 1821 (24th state)  Civil War divided the state  Most important battle in MO: Battle of Wilson’s Creek

CROSSROADS TO THE NATION  Before and after the Civil War, MO was called the “gateway to the west”  Popular starting point for settlers and Louis and Clark  Pony Express began in St. Joseph in 1860  As history progressed: Missouri became entwined with the events in CONTRIBUTIONS the world events  MO provided 140,000 troops during WWI and a notable leader in John J. Pershing.  WWII: 450,000 troops came form MO  Provided two great leader: Gen Omar Bradley and Lt. Gen James Doolittle  Most famous leader: Harry S. Truman (33rd President) - 1945  Dropped atomic bombs on Japan  Japan’s surrender was signed upon the USS Missouri  Sir Winston Churchill gave his “iron curtain” speech in Fulton, Mo (1946)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvax5VUvjWQ COMMERCE AND ECONOMICS  Central location makes MO ideal for business, industry and tourism  Largest Industries:  Anheuser Busch Inc. - World’s largest brewery -Budweiser beer (now foreign owned)  McDonnell-Douglas Corporation - manufacture in military aircraft, commercial jets and missiles  Hallmark Inc. – Kansas City  Mid-America Dairymen, Inc. – Springfield  Proctor and Gamble Paper – Cape Girardeau  2nd in nation in beef cattle  Also boast high percentage of hogs and poultry, corn (9th), rice (6th) and hay (3rd) MISSOURI AT A  Capital City: Jefferson City, Missouri GLANCE…  Population: 43,079 (6.022 million– 2012)  Largest Cities: 1. Kansas City (475,830) 2. St. Louis (354,361) 3. Springfield (154,777), 4. Independence (110,740) 5. Columbia (100,733).  Highest point: Taum Sauk Mountian in Iron County – 1,772 feet high  Lowest point: St. Francois River – 230 above sea level  Miles of highway: 32,336 miles http://www.citypopulation.de/USA-Missouri.html TWO MILITARY BASES 1. Whiteman Air Force Base – Knob Noster  Home of the B-2 bomber (stealth) – carries Nukes

2. Fort Leonard Wood - Waynesville  Engineer and Military Police School MORE STATS OF MISSOURI  8 states border Missouri: Iowa, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma  Land Area: 69,709 square miles (19th in size)  Water systems: 902,000 acres of water in MO  Nation’s largest single-outlet spring, Big Spring (near Van Buren)  Four major geographic areas: Glaciates Plains (north), Western plains, the Ozarks (south) and the Southeastern Lowlands.  Counties: 114  State Motto: “Slaus populi suprema lex esto” – Translated: “Let the good of the STATE people be the supreme law”  State Flag: adopted in 1913 SYMBOLS  Red: valor  White: Purity  Blue: vigilance, permanency and justice  Coat of Arms: Missouri’s independence but a part of the US as a whole  24 stars represent the 24th state of the US  State Seal:  Right side: bald eagle with arrows and olive branch (power of war and peace lies with the federal govt.)  Left side: grizzly bear and silver crescent moon – heraldry (“second son” – second formed out of the Louisiana Territory) STATE SYMBOLS

 Song: “Missouri Waltz”  Flower: Hawthorne  Tree: Dogwood  Insect: honey bee  Musical Instrument: fiddle  Bird: bluebird  Mineral: Galena  Dance: Square Dance  Animal: Mule  Fish: Catfish ACTIVITY -

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