Northern Lights Ch. 11 "Flour, Lumber and Iron" vocab review

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Shift from handmade to machine-made goods; large factories.

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Industrialization

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Branch of business providing a product or service

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Industry

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Owner/manager of a large business

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Industrialist

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To put money into something for profit

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Invest

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Nickname of Minneapolis due to 26 mills along the river

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Mill City

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MN's prominent miller; their mill was among the largest in the world in the late 19th century.

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Charles Pillsbury

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Formed a mining company in 1890, recognizing ore potential in northern Minnesota.

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Henry Oliver

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Businessman, politician, soldier; started General Mills and Gold Medal flour.

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Cadwallader Washburn

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Founder of a company with sawmills, paper factories, and forest land.

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Frederick Weyerhaeuser

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Located near prairie & forest

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St. Anthony Falls