Ch. 7: MN's Newcomers

When Minnesota became a state, the benefits were: [choose three]

• control its own finances

• attract railroads

• voice in national affairs

• access to more natural resources

Harriet Bishop was:

• a Swedish recruiter who got other Swedes to come to MN

• the first territorial governor of MN

• the first public school teacher in MN

• first woman elected to the US Congress by MN

Minnesota became the (blank) state on (blank)

• 32nd; May 19, 1858

• 31st; May 11, 1858

• 33rd; May 11, 1858

• 32nd; May 11, 1858

The US Govt. wanted Dakota and Ojibwe to live on reservations because: [choose three]

• Learn how to farm like white settlers

• Protect the Dakota and Ojibwe hunting grounds

• Keep the Dakota and Ojibwe separate from white settlers

• Encourage the Dakota and Ojibwe to give up their traditional ways

Henry Sibley was the:

• first immigrant to MN

• first territorial governor of MN

• first person to build a school in MN

• first person to find the source of the Mississippi River

The benefits of becoming a territory were:

• Establish courts and legislature

• Send an elected representative to Washington DC

• Have a territorial governor appointed by the President

• All of the above

The first newcomers to MN got others to come here by:

• writing letters home

• sending money and other goods back home

• returning home and telling others about this new land

• nothing - they can come here and figure it out for themselves

Immigrants chose to come to MN for the:

[choose five - haha]

• healthy climate

• few diseases

• beautiful scenery

• fresh air

• land that was similar to back home

Temperance is:

• the practice of carrying a canoe and other supplies over land from one body of water to another

• the idea that the US will stretch across the continent from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

• a reform movement whose followers worked to make alcohol illegal

• the location the Dakota used to gather sap to turn into maple syrup

A recruiter is:

• an old, old wooden ship used during the Civil War era

• someone who gets others to join a group

• an elected official that was in charge of dividing the new land into farms

• a person who oversaw the entire fur trade