MN Studies Ch. 10-11

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What does it mean to "regulate"?

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To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.

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What is a "cooperative"?

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An organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.

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What is "diversified farming"?

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The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.

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How did the arrival of railroads negatively affected Minnesota’s economy?

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They increased shipping prices and cheated farmers out of their profit.

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How did the arrival of railroads positively affected Minnesota’s economy?

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They brought more settlers to MN., They made traveling faster and easier., They allowed the local markets to expand and farmers to make more profit.

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These typical farm chores on a homestead were usually done by... (gathering eggs, weeding garden, helping around the house, picking up rocks in the farm fields, get water from the well)

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Children

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This organization of farmers was begun in 1867 so that farmers could share their concerns and learn about new farming techniques.

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The Grange

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Who typically performed these farm chores on the homestead - (cooked, cleaned, sewed and mended clothes, made butter & cheese, preserved foods)?

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Mothers

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Farmers who grow enough food to feed their own families and not much more are called...

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subsistence farmers

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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