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Territory & Statehood
Immigrants
Recruiters
Immigrants Pt.2
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What year did Minnesota become a territory?
1849
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What 3 countries were the majority of the Immigrants coming from?

Norway, Germany, Ireland

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What is a lie that recruiters told to try to get newcomers to come to MN?
That there was no disease in MN
100

What year was the MN Constitution approved?

1857

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What was the great migration of people moving from the eastern states to the western states called?
Westward Expansion
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What year did Minnesota become a state?
1858
200
What year were immigrants allowed to legally move into Minnesota?
1854
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What did recruiters say about Minnesota’s climate?
It was very healthy. There was natural scenery and it was a beautiful country
200

What was the population of Native Americans in Minnesota around 1851

Around 31,000 

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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.

  

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Who was Minnesota’s first territorial governor?
Alexander Ramsey
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What time period did the MN White population explode?

1850-1860

300
What immigrant from Sweden wrote letters to recruit people from his home country?
Hans Mattson
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What were the factors that were causing Immigrants to leave their home countries in Europe? (Push Factors) 

Lack of Jobs and land(Norway), Famine(Ireland), Wars(Germany).

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What opportunities (Pull Factors) did immigrants seek in Minnesota?
1. Land ownership 2. Jobs 3. Join family members (from slides in class)
400
Who was Minnesota’s first STATE governor?
Henry Sibley (remember he was a powerful fur trader?)
400
Which group of people made up the majority of the population of Minnesota territory in 1849?
Dakota and Ojibwe
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

400

What is the difference between an Immigrant and an Emmigrant?

Immigrant = someone coming INTO a country

Emigrant = someone Exiting a country

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
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
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
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)
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Which U.S. President assigned the first territorial governor when Minnesota became a territory in 1849?
Zachory Taylor
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Name the three branches of Government and what they do.

Legislative - Makes Laws

Executive - Enforces Laws

Judicial - Interprets Laws