shipping
agriculture
industry
agriculture, industry
agriculture, transportation, manufacturing
100
Why did steamboats replace schooners?
schooners needed wind steamboats could carry more and move by a steam powered engine
100
what is subsistence farming?
What is planting what you need to survive
100
why is it important to be specialized in your work?
To be efficient and to work the machinery well
100
Who were the progressives?
What is people who believed in progress
100
What is subsistence farming?
Grow only what is needed
200
What are 2 examples of cargo that was shipped out the the state
What is iron, lumber, wheat
200
what are cash crops?
What is crops that people sell to make money
200
How did new inventions change our lives?
made things easier...
200
Tell about 1 progressive. Give an example of how he/she worked for positive change.
What is Fighting Bob. He fought to regulate railroads and other industries. He also worked to pass laws to limit child labor and to help workers.
200
What is an example of a cash crop?
tobacco, mint, barley, hops...
300
Why were railroads important to Wisconsin?
They are faster, goes across land, more locations, and can move more supplies, resources, and people
300
what was something other than crops that farmers had on their farms to make money?
sheep, cows, chickens...
300
Why were engineers important?
trained to design and build bridges, railroads, machines... Example: Harley and Davidson brothers
300
Give an example of a turning point in transportation?
schooners to steamboats railroads carriage to cars gas powered farm equipment
300
Why did steamboats replace schooners?
run on steam, larger, stronger
400
How did railroads help build a city?
cities were built around railroads, brought people and factories
400
What happened to wheat farming?
growing wheat year after year reduced the richness of the soil so they had to bring in new crops
400
why were entrepreneurs important?
start new businesses and are good at finding ways to make money. Example: Allis
400
Why was the Milwaukee valuable to industries?
location, 3 rivers feed into Lake Michigan, railroads, largest population
400
Why are railroads important?
They helped transport cargo in areas that did not have waterways
500
what was an industry that was important to Wisconsin?
flour milling, tanning, brewing, meatpacking, ice harvesting, lumber
500
Why was farmland in the North not as good for growing crops?
shorter growing seasons, not as fertile soil
500
What was something shipped into of Wisconsin?
What is coal and steel
500
What is one of the leading industries of 1920?
butter, cheese, condensed milk, metal, cars, trucks, tractors, lumber and timber...
500
How did railroads help to build cities?
Brought people to the area, factories were built, people came for work
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