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Farming
Lumbering
Mining
Manufacturing
Push/Pull
100
An important building in a farming town
What is the general store
100
The reason why rivers were important to the lumbering industry
What is they used them to float the logs to the saw mills
100
The two minerals mined in Michigan
What is copper and iron ore
100
Things made from iron ore
What is a variety of answers
100
This pulled people from France here in the 1700s
What is the fur trade
200
this natural resource pulled people to Michigan to farm
What is fertile soil
200
Two things Michigan had that made it great for lumbering
What is lots of trees and rivers
200
Why the Soo Locks were important to the mining industry
What is it provided a way for ships to travel between Lake Superior and Lake Huron
200
Why Michigan was the perfect place for the automobile industry
What is natural resources like iron ore and the Great Lakes
200
Many people were pulled here because of this when Michigan was first being settled
What is fertile soil
300
The main reason why farming became one of the first economic activities in Michigan
What is available land that was cheap
300
One consequence of cutting too many trees and not planting new ones
What is fires, erosion, destruction of the river ecosystem
300
One is still mined today, the other is not
What is iron ore is and copper is not
300
The reason why the first cars were only owned by rich people
What is they were made one at a time by hand
300
African Americans were pulled to Michigan on their way to Canada for this reason
What is freedom from slavery
400
One reason why farming was difficult for the first settlers in Michigan
What is they had to clear the land of trees
400
The type of tree Michigan had that was perfect for lumbering
What is the white pine
400
The reason copper is not mined in Michigan any more
What is the mines became too deep to safely mine.
400
The man who made automobiles affordable for many people
What is Henry Ford
400
Many factories pulled people from different parts of the world to get these
What is better jobs
500
The main reason why fruit farmers settled along lake Michigan
What is the climate next to the lake was pertect for growing fruit
500
How the assembly line made the automobile industry grow rapidly
What is the cars were made faster and were more affordable
500
Every time people were pulled to Michigan, these were built and grew
What is towns and cities