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MN Hist. 9 & 10
MN History Ch. 9 & 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Henry Sibley | 1st state govenor - helped write constitution - ran American Fur Co "Princely Pioneer" |
| Alexander Ramsey | 2nd Minnesota governor "Bluff Alec" |
| Joseph Rolette | Lawmaker who was responsible for capitol not being in St. Peter |
| Josef Kaplan | Bohemian who settled near Owatonna, MN |
| Joseph Ullmann | St. Paul storekeeper from Alsace, France |
| William M. Mayo | Doctor from Indiana who moved to MN to cure his malaria - started clinic |
| Harriet Bishop | teacher who opened first school in St. Paul |
| James J. Hill | Canadian who worked for the railroad, came up in the steamboat. |
| Ignatius Donnelly | Dreamt of building the new town of Nininger, went into debt |
| Nininger | Town planned by Donnelly, never got started |
| Princely Pioneer | Henry Sibley- he was handsome and educated |
| St. Anthony (Village of) | this town grew up next to sawmills |
| Labelle Saloon | bar next to hotel where 1st legislature met |
| Bluff Alec | Alexander Ramsey- he was practical |
| The New England of the West | namename for MN, because many came from states in the east |
| Jane Grey Swisshelm | spoke out against slavery, started newspaper in St. Cloud |
| Dred Scott | slave, 1857 courts ruled slaves taken to free states are still "property" |
| Richard Christmas | Mississippi plantation owner - owned Eliza Winston |
| Charles Shedd | minister at Mantorville, MN, his family was divided. One was in the south and one in the north |
| Edward Davis | surveyor for railroad |
| Madison Bowler | trained freed blacks to be Union soldiers. Left MN for Kentucky to fight for the 3rd Regiment |
| Lizzie Calef | Madison Bowler's wife- wrote him a letter while he was fighting in the south. |
| Eliza Winston | slave freed by Minnesota Law - before Dred Scott decision of 1857 |
| Robert Hickman | Missouri minister black slave who escaped by boat "the Pilgrims" |
| Emily Grey | free black, helped Eliza Winston escape |
| Howard Pyle | artist of the Civil War |