Vocabulary
Industrialist
an owner or manager of a large business
During the Industrialization period in MN, small businesses owned by one person of only 2-3 partners were replaced by what?
CORPORATIONS!
Corporations could sell stock and bring together the money of MANY people to fund and expand their operations, and develop large factories using big machines.
Main industrialist associated with the flour milling industry
Charles Pillsbury ...though he was not the first man to start a flour mill, he was the first to make it a large business in MN
The main industrialist that influenced MN's Iron Mining Industry
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
3 major industrialists associated with MN Iron Mining
Henry Oliver, Andrew Carnegie, & John D. Rockefeller
Invest
in business, to put money into something offering potential profit
How did the Flour Milling, Lumbering, and Iron Mining industries in MN help grow the population?
Each industry created jobs which attracted more people to MN
Bushel
a unit of measurement for agricultural crops, such as wheat
Were lumberjack jobs dangerous? Were they paid well?
Yes
Yes
Why was iron ore considered valuable and worth mining?
It was a main ingredient in making STEEL!
Industry
a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service
What NATURAL WATER RESOURCES were important to each industry?
Waterfalls - Flour Mills - powered the mills
Rivers - Lumbering Industry - transported logs
Lake Superior - Iron Mining - shipped the ore
What type of water natural resource was most important to the Flour Milling Industry?
Waterfalls - because they provided power to the mills
How many days a week did lumberjacks work?
What time did their days begin?
Worked 6 days a week, and started their days at 4:00AM
What is iron ore?
a rock or mineral from which iron can be removed
Industrialization
the process of developing large-scale, mechanical factories
What NATURAL RESOURCES were necessary in order to develop each MN industry?
Wheat - needed in order to make flour (flour milling)
White Pine - most valuable tree to cut - (lumbering)
Iron Ore - taken out of the ground to make steel (Mining)
What are two of the lowest paid jobs in the Flour Mill?
Floor sweepers,
Packers
What caused the MN Lumbering Industry to decline?
Much of Minnesota's white pine trees were cut down and not enough were left to support this type of business any longer.
Where rivers involved or important in the MN Iron Mining Industry?
NO! No rivers were used in iron mining.
Lake Superior was the important water passage associated with the MN Iron Mining industry!
Bonanza Farms
large farms that grew a single cash crop, expanded rapidly, declined rapidly, and disappeared because they wore out the soil with their one type of crop
How did machines play an important role in the growth of each MN industry?
Flour Industry - middling purifiers removed brown specks, steel rollers crushed wheat, railroads shipped flour fast.
Lumbering - saws were necessary in forests and at mills, and trains moved logs faster.
Mining - large shovels were used to remove the iron ore, trains and ships transported the ore.
What are two machines that were important to the MN Flour Milling industry and why?
Midlings Purifier - it removed the black specks from the flour
Steel Rollers - they allowed flour to be ground faster and more fine
List some machines or tools that lumberjacks used
crosscut saws, axes, logging chains, hooks, hot-water pumps, steam-powered saws.
The introduction of RAILROADS was the most important improvement to the industry!
List the 3 Iron Ore Ranges found in MN
Mesabi, Vermillion, and Cuyuna Ranges