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

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A shift from hand made goods to machine made goods. Large factories.

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Industrialization

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Branch of business that provides a certain product or service

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Industry

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An owner or manager of a large business

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Industrialist

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To put money into something offering potential profit

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Invest

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Nickname of Minneapolis due to the 26 mills located along the river

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Mill City

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One of MN's most prominent millers. Their mill was one of the largest in the world during the last decades of the 19th century.

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Charles Pillsbury

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Formed a mining company in 1890 when he realized the potential of ore reserves in northern Minnesota.

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Henry Oliver

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Businessman, politician, and soldier, he started what would become General Mills and made Gold Medal flour.

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Cadwallader Washburn

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Founder of a company which owned sawmills, paper factories, and large areas of forest land.

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Frederick Weyerhaeuser

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Located at the perfect spot: close to prairie and forest

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St. Anthony Falls