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Minnesota’s NewcomersChapter 7
Who
Chose
Minnesota?Slide2
People came to Minnesota for the
same push and pull reasons that people
moved to any new place during this era.
Who Chose Minnesota?
Pull Reasons:Land for farming or speculationBusiness opportunities in GovernmentService (teacher, missionary)Industry (logging, milling)Small BusinessStore, barber shopFamily members already established hereBrought with family as a childAdventureReligious, political, or ethnic freedom
Push Reasons:WarFamineOvercrowding, no land leftReligious, political, or ethnic persecutionSlide3
In 1860*, a total (non-Indian) population of
172,023
:34,305
MN. residents had been born in MN.78,990 had been born in the U.S. , but not in MN.
Who Chose Minnesota?*21,574 stated New York as their birth place.*7,606 stated birth in Pennsylvania*7,533 stated birth in Ohio*6,603 stated birth in Wisconsin*U.S.Census figures from 1860 in MN.Slide4
Of Minnesota’s
172,023
residents in 1860:113,295
stated they were American born58,728 MN claimed birth in a foreign country
Who Chose Minnesota* 18,400 were from Germany* 8,425 were from Norway* 3,462 were from EnglandChest of Hans Mattison, Swedish immigrant* 12,831 were from Ireland
* 8,023 were from “British America” (Canada)* 3,178 were from SwedenSlide5
By 1900 Minnesota had
1,751,394
residents
505,318 claimed birth in another country. A majority had foreign-born
parents.Who Chose Minnesota?* 117,007 were from Germany*16,299 were from Denmark*12,063 were from French Canada* 115,476
were from Sweden* 104,895 were from Norway* 35,515 were from English Canada
* 22,428
were from Ireland
*12,022
were from England
*11,147 were from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic)
*10,727 were from FinlandSlide6
Using your calculator,
find the
percentage of people during
1900 in Minnesota who were born in other countries:Divide the number of foreign-born residents (
505,318) by the total number of people living in Minnesota during 1900 (1,751,394) (505,318 ÷ 1,751,394) =_______________Who Chose Minnesota?Slide7
Your answer should be:
.2855
or 28.55%
So, more than one in four Minnesotans in 1900 wereborn in other countries.
Who Chose Minnesota?Slide8
1. Using your calculator find the difference between the population of people in Minnesota from 1860 – 1900.
1860 =
172,023 people1900 = 1,751,394 people
Who Chose Minnesota?Slide9
1. Using your calculator find the difference between the population of people in Minnesota from 1860 – 1900.
1,751,394 - 172,023 = _______
Who Chose
Minnesota?Slide10
1. Your answer should be:
1,579,371
Who Chose
Minnesota?