During the 1800's railroads made it easier for people from the East Coast cities to move into states like Minnesota and California, What is this called?
Westward Expansion
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Another name for the Union.
The North
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Which City Developed first Minneapolis or St Paul?
St Paul
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What were the two main industries in Minneapolis in the 1890's.
Saw milling and flour milling
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What is a regiment?
A small army group that fights, works and lives together.
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The promise to pay someone every year is called?
Annuity
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Another name for the Confederacy.
The South.
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Where did most of Minnesota's first RURAL Immigrants come from?
Germany
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What immigrant groups moved to Minneapolis to work in the mills?
Swedish, Norwegian, German Eastern European
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What was the biggest difference between farm Dakota and Traditional Dakota?
Farm Dakota were willing to adopt to the white settler's way of life, traditional Dakota wanted to keep their culture alive.
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When a law becomes official.
Ratify
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What does it mean to secede--like the south wanted to do in 1860.
To separate from your country to form a new country.
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What mode of transportation did most o MN's newcomers arrive by?
Steamboat
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What does Industry mean?
Factories, businesses, making and selling something
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What is a government agency?
An office that manages a specific thing.
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An agreement between two countries about land ownership and laws.
Treaty
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What is an abolitionist.
Someone who was against slavery and wanted to end it.
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What were some of the advertisements saying about MN?
Perfect Weather, Beautiful Climate, No one is ever sick, Great jobs, Farmland
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What body of water made milling in Minneapolis possible?
Mississippi River
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What does it mean to be exiled?
to be kicked out of your home never to return.
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Land set aside for the Dakota to move to if they allowed the US to expand.
Reservations
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
A law that Abe Lincoln signed that freed the slaves who lived in southern states.
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What was the Homestead Act?
A law that allowed people to move west for free and cheap farm land.
500
Why did the Gold Medal Flour factory shut down?
(Hint this is the same building as the mill city museum)