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27 Cards in this Set
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Immigrants came toMinnesota in the late 1800s because:
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Good farm land
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Subsistence Farming
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Type of farming when farmers only made enough food for themselves and their families
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In the Lumber Industry:
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White Pine Trees were valued because they were tall and had quality wood
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Industrialization
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When people started using machines to make products
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Who was Charles Pillsbury?
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He started the Pillsbury Flour Mill in Minneapolis
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Iron Ore in Minnesota
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Used to make steel in Northern Minnesota
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Progressive Movement
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People who wanted to solve problems in society
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Reformers
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People who saw social problems and worked to create solutions for the common good.
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Immigrants came to Minnesota in the late 1800s because:
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to buy cheap land
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Immigrants came toMinnesota in the late 1800s to do what?
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to start a new life
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Who was Upton Sinclair?
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He wrote the book "The Jungle"
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In the Prohibition/18th Amendment the US Government made what illegal?
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Alcohol
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In the 19th Amendment women got the right to what?
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Vote
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s child laborers worked as:
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Factory workers
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s child laborers worked as:
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Farm Workers
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s child laborers worked as:
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Miners
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Temperance Movement
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Social movement that encouraged people to drink less or none at all
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The book "The Jungle"
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was written by Upton Sinclair
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The book "The Jungle"
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Talks about the horrors of the meatpacking industry
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White Pine Trees were valued because:
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they were tall
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White Pine Trees were valued because:
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they had quality wood
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The Pillsbury Mill was located in what City?
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Minneapolis
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The Pillsbury Mill made what?
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Flour
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Before industrialization how did people make products?
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With their hands
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People who wanted to solve problems in society where called what?
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Progressive
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What happen to the immigrant workers in the book "The Jungle?"
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They were abused
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What was wrong with the meat in the book by Upton Sinclair?
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It was dirty
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