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Minnesota's New Comers
MN Social Studies
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History
6th Grade
03/16/2011

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Rutted
Definition
a track as in a dirt road made by the passage of wheeled vehicles
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Domain
Definition
a territory or range of rule or control
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civilize
Definition
to bring from a primitive to a highly developed state of society and culture. To educate.
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Entwined
Definition
to wined or twine around or about
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unyielding
Definition
not yielding or giving in. firm
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Delegate
Definition
a person chosen to speak an act for another person or for a group to which he belongs. A Representative
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Assurance
Definition
a positive statement intended to inspire confidence. a guarantee, certainty
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provoke
Definition
to bring on, arouse, to stir to action, incite.
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discord
Definition
lack of agreement among persons, groups or things, dissension.
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engender
Definition
to give rise to, cause, produce
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strife
Definition
bitter conflict or struggle
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integrity
Definition
strict personal honesty and independence
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temperance
Definition
a reform movement whose followers worked to make alcohol illegal
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reservation
Definition
land set aside, or reserved, by the U.S. government specifically for Indians
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Immigrant
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A person who comes into a country to live there
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Recruiter
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somebody who encourages others to join a group
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Harriet Bishop
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First Sunday school, Temperance group, Community project
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People From England
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Became Farmers
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Indians
Definition
Pushed onto reservations.
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Number of Reservations in Minnesota in 1850
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more then 12
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Indians wanted to keep what
Definition
customs
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Who had vast lands
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Indians
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Who wanted to own their own land
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White people -Settlers
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Who were running low on food and supplies
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Indians
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Who was taking all the food and supplies
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White People
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Types of Transportation
Definition
foot, canoes, ox carts, steamboats, train, stage coach
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Harriot Bishop's first school
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Blacksmith shop
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Harriot Bishop's strong feelings
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Democracy, religion, laws, schools
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When did Mn become a territory
Definition
1849
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A Governor of MN
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Alexander Ramsey
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Henry Sibley
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Wealthy fur trader who went to congress to ask for MN to become a territory. First Governor
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Traverse des Souix treaty
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1851
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White settlers came before they were supposed to
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1852
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Reservations were developed for this
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to separate kids from families
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Hans Mattson
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Swedish Immigrant who survived a terrible winter in MN in 1853
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Why Germans left Germany to move to MN
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War
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Why Irish left Ireland to move to MN
Definition
potato famine
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Why Norwegians left Norway to move to MN
Definition
lack of jobs and land to own
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