Ch 11 Industrialization Quiz

What Minnesota tree did carpenters really like the wood from?

• Red Pine

• White Pine

• Oak

• Maple

During which years did 20,000 loggers work in Minnesota forests?

• 1880 to 1900

• 1890 to 1910

• 1900 to 1920

• 1910 to 1930

Where did the loggers live while working in Minnesota forests?

• In the city

• In tents

• In logging camps

• at their homes

During which season was logging primarily done?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

Where were the sleds pushed down to?

• Factories

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Minnesota's Great Sawmill

All are Minnesota logging towns except

• Cloquet.

• Marshall.

• Bemidji.

• International Falls.

What are booms in the context of logging?

• Explosions used to clear land

• Places on rivers for log storage and sorting

• Large machines for cutting trees

• Sounds made by falling trees

Where did Frederick Weyerhaeuser start his first sawmill?

• California

• Texas

• Illinois

• New York

What was Frederick Weyerhaeuser's business strategy?

• To build large factories

• To buy up vast tracts of forest land

• To invest in technology companies

• To own most of the sawmills

Industrialization is the large scale of manufacturing goods in special buildings called _.