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Chapter 11
Flour, Lumber, and Iron
Term | Definition |
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industrialization | the process of developing large scale, mechanical factories. |
industry | a specific branch of business that provides a certain product or service. |
industrialist | an owner or manager of a large business |
invest | in business, to put money into something offering potential profit |
bushel | a unit of measurement for agricultural crops that equals 1.25 cubic feet |
iron ore | rock or mineral from which iron can be removed |
Charles Pillsbury | flour industrialist |
Frederick Weyerhaeuser | lumber industrialist |
Henry Oliver | iron industrialist |
Falls of St. Anthony | located on the Mississippi River, the power source for Minnesota's flour industry |
Factors Needed for Industrialization | natural resources, machines, and people |