Newcomers
The first teacher in MN
What is Harriet Bishop
The main mode of travel for immigrants
What is steamboats
The advantages of becoming a territory
What is receiving a governor legislature and courts of their own. First step to becoming a state
The day Minnesota became a state
May 11th 1858
Land set aside by the government for Indians
what is Reservation
Many of MNs newcomers came from this region
What is New England
Ox carts weren't the most practical transportation
What is they are slow and take many days to complete a long trip
Between what years was MN the fastest growing place in the country
What is 1849-1858
The government branch in charge of making a territory a state
What is congress
Why the government set up reservations
What is to keep the Indians separate from white settlers and encourage them to give up their traditions
Reason people where leaving their homeland
What is jobs were scarce, escaping famine, escaping war
Three forms of transportation at the time
what is Canoe, Train, Stage coach, Steam boat, ox cart, foot
The amount MN had to have to be considered a territory
What is 5000 adults
Why is MN shaped how it is
What is had access to a railroad and also has access to many rivers. They also had half farming land and half timber
The treaties that made the Give up their land
What is Traverse De Sioux and Mendota
Life for new settlers was difficult
what is harsh winters and hard to maintain supplies
The Metis were one of the few people to use this form of transportation
What is ox carts
The government created this process for land to become territories
What is the Northwest Ordinance
The Advantages of becoming a state
What is control own finances, attract railroads, and receive a voice in national affairs
The meaning of temperance
A reform movement whose followers worked to make alcohol illegal
How MN attracted newcomers
What is heard good things from relatives who moved or read about it in the press
It was important for MN to become a state to attract more of this type of transportation
What is railroads/train
The man elected to delegate to congress in 1849
What is Henry Sibley
The first governor of MN
What is Henry Sibley
The Swedish immigrant that encouraged many other Swedes to come to MN
What is Hans Mattson