Ch. 11 MN Lumber Industry

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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.

Back

lumber, flour, and iron ore

Front

What natural resources make the lumber industry so successful in MN?

Back

white pine trees, rivers

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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.

Back

Frederick Weyerhaeuser

Front

What does the word "industry" mean?

Back

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?

Back

an owner or manager of a large business

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What industry used railroads to transport their materials? Options: Flour, Lumber, Iron, All 3

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All 3

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

Back

To get rid of lice

Front

What was the tool/machine that allowed lumberjacks and saw mills to run during the winter time?

Back

Hot water pump

Front

How did railroads impact the prices of goods & services?

Back

made them cheaper & easier to ship

Front

Homesteaders who couldn't afford to buy milled lumber had to build their homes from bricks made of _______.

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sod