Ch. 7 : MN Newcomers Review

Territory & Statehood

100

What year did Minnesota become a territory?

1849

200

What year did Minnesota become a state?

1858

300

Who was Minnesota’s first territorial governor?

Alexander Ramsey

400

Who was Minnesota’s first STATE governor?

Henry Sibley (remember he was a powerful fur trader?)

500

What were 4 advantages to becoming a state?

1. More independence than territories 2. Able to control own finances 3. More independence to deal with private companies 4. More influence on national affairs

Immigrants

100

Many Europeans left their homelands due to war, famine, and lack of jobs. (Push factors) Name 2 countries that immigrants to MN often left for those reasons:

Norway, Germany, Ireland

200

What year were immigrants allowed to legally move into Minnesota?

1854

300

What time period did the MN White population explode?

1850-1860

400

Which group of people made up the majority of the population of Minnesota territory in 1849?

Dakota and Ojibwe

500

Name 6 ways that immigrants could travel to MN in the 1850s

1. Steamboat 2. Ox cart 3. Train 4. Horse-drawn stage coach 5. Foot / walk 6. Canoe

Recruiters

100

What is a lie that recruiters told to try to get newcomers to come to MN?

That there was no disease in MN

200

What did recruiters say about Minnesota’s climate?

It was very healthy. There was natural scenery and it was a beautiful country

300

What immigrant from Sweden wrote letters to recruit people from his home country?

Hans Mattson

400

Name three groups of people were recruiting immigrants in the 1850s?

1. Politicians 2. Land speculators 3. Railroad companies 4. Newspaper editors 5. Fellow immigrants

500

Why did the government allow settlers to move onto MN land illegally?

The government was eager to have enough people to become a state. (5,000 adults are needed for a territory to become a state)

Timeline Tributes

100

What year was the MN Constitution approved?

1857

200

In 1837, who invented the steel first plow, making it easier for farmers to break the tough Minnesota prairie sod?

John Deere

300

In 1837, Samuel Morse invented the first ____? (Hint: Morse code was used on this device & it enabled people in towns to communicate with each other.)

Telegraph

400

In 1846, Elias Howe invented this machine, which made it easier for settlers to make their own clothes, curtains, and tablecloths.

Sewing machine

500

Which U.S. President assigned the first territorial governor when Minnesota became a territory in 1849?

Zachory Taylor

Random Ch. 7 Questions

100

What was the great migration of people moving from the eastern states to the western states called?

Westward Expansion

200

Harriet Bishop was Minnesota’s first public school teacher. People had different views about her. Name a helpful thing she did and a hurtful thing she did. 

Helped Shape the Community 

~ Created opportunities for women

~ Promoted her beliefs & values

 Participated in 8 organizations:

~ Called Dakota soldiers names like “savage” “inhuman” “monsters” and “heartless wretch”

~ Wrote books where her words about the Native Americans contributed to misunderstandings of what really happened in the war of 1862.

  

300

What opportunities (Pull Factors) did immigrants seek in Minnesota?

1. Land ownership 2. Jobs 3. Join family members (from slides in class)

400

What were 3 things established by Minnesota’s constitution?

1. The state’s boundaries 2. The right to vote to ‘free white male citizens’ 3. 3 branches of government

500

Name the three branches of Government and what they do.

Legislative - Makes Laws

Executive - Enforces Laws

Judicial - Interprets Laws