MINNESOTA 



MINNESOTA 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON MINNESOTA 



(An Outline suitable for Minnesota will be found with the article "State.") 



What are the "mountains of the prairie" and where are they located? 



What has the state done to protect its forests? 



What is the distinguishing feature of Minnesota's compulsory education law? 



Why was it a greater sacrifice for Minnesota to send its men to the Federal 

 armies during the War of Secession than for the older, more thickly settled states? 



For what is Minnesota's highest land noted? Of what special importance is it 

 as a "great divide," or watershed? 



What and where were the "Big Woods" of the Sioux Indians? 



Of what kind of lumber and of what timber product does Minnesota produce 

 more than any other state? 



What distinction has this state in regard to its permanent school fund? What 

 important industry by its growth contributes to this? 



Of how many other states or territories has this region formed a part? 



What natural resources led the first explorers and settlers to this region? 



How large a proportion of the inhabitants are native born and of native parents? 

 What nationalities make up the greater part of its foreign-born population? 



What mineral product of Minnesota is of special interest in connection with the 

 early Indian inhabitants of the region? 



How does the greatest port of the state rank among the ports of the Great 

 Lakes? 



How did it happen that not all the territory constituting this state came into the 

 possession of the United States at the same time? 



If the population of Minnesota and that of Chicago were exchanged, would the 

 state be more or less densely populated than at present? 



What is there peculiarly fortunate about the location of the great iron mines? 

 How do they rank among the mines of the world? 



Show how the manufacturing industries of the state are a natural outgrowth of 

 the other industries and of the natural resources. 



In what form will you not see tobacco on sale in Minnesota? 



Has this state more or fewer lakes than Michigan? Than Florida? How were 

 the most of the lakes formed? 



What does the state name mean? 



What is the great advantage of the Minnesota climate? 



What does the state do to prevent its rivers and lakes from becoming empty of 

 fish? 



How large a proportion of the boundary of this state is water? How large is its 

 water surface? 



How many entire states of the Union have an area smaller than the water sur- 

 face of Minnesota? 



What was Lake Agassiz? How is its old area utilized now? 



What gives Minnesota a right to the popular name of the "Bread and Butter" 

 state? 



How has the state shown its progressiveness in connection with its penal institu- 

 tions? What is meant by an indeterminate sentence? 



What is the difference in the way a murderer is punished in Minnesota and in 

 New York? 



