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38 Cards in this Set
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Copper
Copper was used by Native Americans |
For thousands of years
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Copper
Copper was mined |
On the Keweenau Peninsula (Upper Peninsula)
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Copper
Early immigrants from |
Finland and England mined the copper
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Copper
From 1847 - 1887 Michigan produced |
More Copper than any other state
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Copper
Miners worked more than |
1 mile under the earth which was costly & dangerous
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Copper
Copper companies tried to cut costs leading to |
Strikes by the workers
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Copper
Many workers moved downstate to work in the |
Auto factories
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Copper
The last copper mine closed in |
1997
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Iron Ore
Iron ore mines were found all across the |
Central Upper Peninsula
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Iron Ore
Between 1880 - 1890 Michigan produced |
More Iron Ore than any other state
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Iron Ore
Michigan's Iron ore built |
Factories
Skyscrapers Railroads Farm machinery Bridges |
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Iron Ore
Iron ore helped Michigan build tanks, trucks, and jeeps used in WWII to make Michigan |
The Arsenal of Democracy
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Iron Ore
Immigrants who mined the iron ore were the |
Cornish
Irish Finns Swedes |
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Raw Materials into Goods
Trees: |
Carriages
Furniture School desks Paper |
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Raw Materials into Goods
Iron & Steel: |
Cast iron stoves
Wheels for railroad cars Ships Ship engines Steamboats Carriages |
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Cereal City
Battle Creek is Michigan's |
Cereal City
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Cereal City
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg wanted to improve his patients health by having them |
Eat a diet of grains & fruit
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Cereal City
Kellogg later invented the |
Wheat flake
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Cereal City
Charles Post made Battle Creek |
Cereal City
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Cereal City
Charles Post started a successful company which made |
Postum and Grape Nuts
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Cereal City
Charles Post's success led others to start |
Cereal companies
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Cereal City
Kellogg invented the popular |
Corn Flakes
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Cereal City
Kellogg's is the worlds largest manufacturer of |
Ready-to-eat breakfast cereal
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Lumbering
The white pine made Michigan the nation's leading |
Lumber producing state from 1860 - 1910
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Lumbering
During the lumbering era thousands of men called |
Shanty Boys cut down thick forests that covered the state
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Lumbering
Lumber Barons |
Owned the lumber companies that cut the trees
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Lumbering
The logs were transported to |
Sawmills
Cut into lumber "boards" Shipped across the midwest |
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Lumbering
The white pine was easy to move |
Because it floated
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Lumbering
Loggers floated the logs to sawmills in towns by using |
Rivers
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Products Made in Michigan
Battle Creek |
Cereal
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Products Made in Michigan
Kalamazoo |
Robots
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Products Made in Michigan
Detroit |
Cars and car parts
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Products Made in Michigan
Fremont |
Baby food
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Products Made in Michigan
Boyne Falls |
Log Cabins
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Products Made in Michigan
Colon |
Magic Supplies
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Products Made in Michigan
Traverse City |
Frozen Foods
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Products Made in Michigan
Chelsea |
Jiffy Mix
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Products Made in Michigan
Livonia |
Peanut Butter
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