Chapter 11: Flour & Lumber

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What are the 3 major industries in MN? Choose the BEST answer: lumber, wheat, and steel; lumber, flour, and iron ore; houses, flour, and iron; railroads, flour, and steel.

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lumber, flour, and iron ore

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What natural resources make the flour industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer: wheat, good soil, waterfalls

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wheat, good soil, waterfalls

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What natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN? Choose the BEST answer: white pine trees, rivers

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white pine trees, rivers

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Who is the industrialist associated with the flour industry who improved the milling process and purchased a failing flour mill in Minneapolis turning it into a huge success?

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Charles Pillsbury

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Who is the industrialist associated with the lumber industry in central and NE Minnesota? He helped MN become the 3rd largest lumber producer in the US.

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Frederick Weyerhaeuser

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What types of machines are necessary to have a successful flour industry? Options: steam powered saws, trains, hot water pumps, steam powered shovels, ships, trains, middlings purifier, steel rollers, millstones, trains, All of these

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middlings purifier, steel rollers, millstones, trains

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What does the word "industrialization" mean?

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the process of creating large-scale, mechanical factories

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What does the word "industry" mean?

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a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service - MN has 3 major ones

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What does the word "industrialist" mean?

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an owner or manager of a large business

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Why did Lumberjacks have to boil things like their blankets and clothes from time to time?

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To get rid of lice