Lumbering
Flour Milling
Iron Mining
Vocabulary
Mystery
100

Which fictional character is the face of lumbering in Minnesota today? 

Paul Bunyan
100

Which city was known as the "Flour Capital of the World?" 

Minneapolis 

100

Which iron range is the last in Minnesota to be actively mined today? 

Mesabi

100

What is the Homestead Act of 1862?

1862 law that provided up  to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for 5 years

100

What are the three "ingredients" to make a successful industry in the early 1900s? 

Natural Resources, Machines, People 
200

Describe life at the lumber camps 

Answer must include one of the following: unsanitary, early wake ups, Sundays off

200
In which region of Minnesota did the production of flour milling take place? 

Southeastern 

200

Name the three iron ranges in Minnesota

Vermillion, Mesabi, Cuyuna

200

What is a metropolitan? 

of or relating to a large city

200

Where did people live in the Homestead Act of 1862?

Sod Houses

300

What caused the decline of MN's lumbering business? 

Loss of White Pine 

300

After which historical event did the flour mill industry start to decline in Minnesota?  

WWI

300

Why was iron ore considered valuable and worth mining?

Making Steel 

300

What is a Labor Union? 

a group of workers organized to bargain collectively for better wage and working conditions

300

List the two conditions that you had to do to keep your land in the Homestead Act of 1862

Improve it - farm and build upon it 

400

In which decade did the Minnesota lumbering businesses start to take off? 

1880s

400

What are the names of the natural water resources that were most important to the flour milling industry? (2) 

St. Anthony Falls, Mississippi 

400

What is the significance of Lewis Meritt? 

Speculated that ore was located in the ranges of MN

400

What is industrialization? 

the process of developing large scale, mechanical factories

400
Which 2 industries still play a large role in our economy today? 

Lumbering, Iron Mining 

500

What are the names of the two individuals who made Little Falls economically boom during the Lumber industry? 

Charles Weyerhaeuser & Richard Musser 

500
What is the name of the Minneapolis flour mill that exploded due to unsanitary conditions? 

Washburn 

500

What is the name of the mine that collapsed in 1924?

Milford Mine 

500

What is an economy? 

the system for producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services

500

Approximately, how much U.S. land was given away during the Homestead Act of 1862? 

10%

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