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MN Hist Ch. 11 & 12
Minnesota History Ch. 11 & 12 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Little Crow | Dakota Chief who led in the war against America even though he had told his people not to fight. |
| Alomina Hurd | Farmer whose husband, Phineas, was killed by Dakota. She escaped with her children even though her hired man was shot |
| The Hired Man | The Hurd's hired man who was shot and killed by Dakota |
| Big Eagle (WAM-MDI-TAN-KA) | A Dakota who fought at Fort Ridgely said "We thought the fort was the door to the valley, but the defenders of the fort were brave and kept door shut." |
| Good Star Woman | A Dakota who remembered the Fort Ridgely fight. She was 8 years old and put in a trench to be safe from attack by either side - did not want to be part of it |
| One Who Appears | son of Little Crow - watched his father die in the fight |
| Cloud Man | First Dakota to try farming |
| "Minnesota Massacre" | Dakota war where 500 settlers may have died |
| "Straight Tongue" | Henry Benjamin Whipple - Episcopal minister - spoke out against taking revenge on Dakota |
| Fort Ridgely | small outpost on bluff above MN River - No walls, few soldiers and 2 cannons with a man who knew how to shoot it |
| Men's work | Pioneer farming meant heavy work in the fields, plowing, planting & harvesting. Also repaired buildings or tools and cared for animals |
| Women's work | It was never done because she worked from dawn to dusk and it only ended when her strength ran out |
| Cyrus McCormick | Built a Reaper that could cut grain faster than 12 men |
| One discouraged Brown County woman | Crops were eaten by grasshoppers year after year - had to sell everything to buy more seed and wound up with nothing |
| Ignatius Donnelly | served in congress in 1860's - started several newspapers and wrote books - MN favorite speaker. Tried starting new town of Nininger |
| Eva McDonald | Young woman from Minneapolis. In 1889 she spoke for Farmers Alliance. She could not vote or be a member. Was blunt, spiteful with a temper. She made many enemies |
| Oliver H. Kelley | Farmer who believed in scientific farming. In 1867 he helped found "Patrons at Husbandry" or Grange |
| Caroline Hall | Young Wright County teachers - niece of Oliver H. Kelley |
| Hamlin Garland | Author who wrote about growing up on a new farm near the border of Iowa. Remembered the work as grim |
| Oren C. Gregg | Spent most of his life teaching others farming. Grew up in Vermont; was first a minister then decided on farming. After the Civil war he moved to southern MN |
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