Faces in the Crowd
We learned about a family that settled in Lincoln County. He wanted to move to Minnesota to farm its rich soil. This man was like most men who moved here during this time- he set up his farm by breaking the sod. Who was he?
Who is John Tainter?
This 1862 law provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years.
What is Homestead Act?
Wheat and this mode of transportation changed Minnesota's landscape forever.
What are railroads?
Newcomers came to Minnesota because the land here appeared to be good for this.
What is farming?
This nationwide organization for farmers was started to support farmers' economic well-being and their political interests.
What is the Grange?
Behind every good farmer is an even better wife! this woman helped set up a farm by managing the household.
Who is Sarah Tainter?
This is a title of someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.
What is land speculator?
One negative aspect of railroad development in Minnesota was that it forced these people to move off of their lands.
Who are Native Americans?
People from many places on the planet left their homes to move to and settle in Minnesota. Tell me two different places where Minnesota's newcomers came from.
Where is New England states, Canada, Sweden, Norway, Germany, or Ireland?
The Grange brought farmers together to help pass laws to regulate these from preventing them from earning a fair profit.
What are railroad companies?
Land speculators made a great deal of money by buying land cheap and then selling it at a high value to make a profit. One famous land speculator in Minnesota's early days was _________________.
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Who is Louis Fertile
This organization was formed to buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.
What is cooperative?
Because railroad companies often cheated settlers and farmers out of money, the government changed and created laws and rules to control the railroad. To control or adjust something in order to change who it works is known as this.
What is regulate?
In 1877 Governor John Pillsbury declared an official day of prayer for relief from the invasions or plague of this insect.
What is grasshoppers?
Another purpose of the Grange was to bring farmers together to learn new ________________.
What are farming techniques?
This well-known organizer was known for founding the Grange. He built partnerships among farmers to share ideas.
Who is Oliver H. Kelley?
The first settlers or farmers practiced this- the concept of producing enough food to feed one's family.
What is subsistence farming?
In the 1860s and 1870s- this crop was relatively easy to cultivate and the prices were good because the demand was growing.
What is wheat?
When families moved to settle in Minnesota the men and the women had to work really hard all day to survive. Tell me two jobs that each man and woman would have to do on the farm.
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Men: What is field work, planting, plowing, harvesting, carpentry, logging, veterinarian, lawyer, well digger, and accountant?
Women: What is clean, cook, tend to the children, laundry, make soap, sew, preserve fruits and vegetables, cared for chickens and cows, made butter and cheese, and garden?
The Grange was very unique and progressive during its time because most groups did not allow these people to be leaders or even members of organizations.
What are women?
Know as the Empire Builder, this man was responsible for the spread of railroads into Minnesota and other parts of the Northern Plains.
Who is James J. Hill?
As technology improved and the railroad became commonplace, most settlers realized they could make a profit by doing this- the practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on the farm.
What is diversified farming?
When newcomers arrived and settled in Minnesota to farm, they were called "sodbusters" because the sod roots in Minnesota were ________ and protected the rich ____________ below.
What is thick and soil?
What is peace?
In 1870 the construction of the Northern Pacific railroad started- this railroad would reach from Minnesota to this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?