People
Who was Charles Pillsbury?
Owner to a Flour Milling Co. in Minneapolis
Invested into a failed flour mill
Very successful businessman
Industrialist
Someone who owns or manages a large business.
What did farms have to do to get to the rich soil?
Break the sod- cut through the sod
4 main natural resources used by industries?
Soil
Water
Timber
Minerals
What three cities became highly populated due to immigrants coming to MN?
Duluth
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Who was John Tainter?
Farmer who settled in Lincoln County.
Told stories on how life on the prairie was.
Invest
Put money into something to maximize profit.
What did farmers encounter for 4 summers in a row?
enormous clouds of grasshoppers blocking the sun and destroying crops.
Name the 3 industries and the industrialist for each industry.
Flour Milling- Charles Pillsbury
Lumber- Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Iron mining- Henry Oliver
They would live near other immigrants that are from their home country.
Who was Eva McDonald Valesh?
Worked for the paper.
Went undercover to get the scoop on the working conditions/wages in a Woolen mill.
Her article influenced women's strike.
Labor Union
Organization that helps workers gain better wages/working conditions.
Winters were harsh in MN. What is a precaution they would have to take?
Tie ropes to themselves and the houses to find their way back after venturing outside.
How did employees receive higher pay at their jobs?
If they had higher level skill and worked on dangerous machinery they would receive a higher wage.
Describe the conditions of the Bohemian Flats.
Poor area
Houses are close together
Flooding- when river was high
Majority of immigrants would live there
Who was Knud Wefald?
Elected as a MN Representative.
Moved from Hawley MN to St. Paul to work.
Rural
Countryside
What was the purpose of the Grange?
Allowed others to share their concerns and learn farming techniques
Name the two wealthy men that invested into the Iron Mining business.
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
Home countries of new immigrants arriving to MN in the late 1800's. Need at least 2.
Finland
Greece
Poland
Croatia
Italy
Who was Anton Antilla?
Immigrant who worked it the iron mining business.
Went on strike for better working conditions and wages.
Blacklisted for the troubles he cause.
Homestead Act
Law that allowed farmers to live/farm land for 5 years. They could buy for low price after the 5 years.
What developed in MN that lead to attracting settlers, but became an issue for farmers?
Railroads
How were industrialist able to evolve their businesses?
They would invest money to update their machinery to be more effective, and they could pay more workers to help produce more of their product.
Requirements for citizenship (naturalization). Need all 4.
18 or older
Lived in the US for at least 5 years
Pass english/civics test
Good moral character