KinSource - Minnesota History Questions

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Can you answer the following questions about Minnesota history?
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Question: From which native American language does the name Minnesota derive?
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Question: What does the name Minnesota mean?
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Question: Which Minnesota governor has served the most years as governor?
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Question: Who was one of the first women named to a college professorship in the United States, and was called \'the best loved woman of the North Star State\' when she died?
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Question: Who was the first president of the University of Minnesota?
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Question: In what year did the Great Sioux Outbreak occur?
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Question: What distinction did Governor Ramsey give to Minnesota at the beginning of the Civil War?
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Question: Who is Pike's Island in St. Paul named for?
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Question: What was the name of Little Crow's village a few miles south of St. Paul?
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Question: What was the original name of the City of St. Paul?
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Question: Who is credited with stopping the move of the state capital in 1857 by disappearing with the enrolled copy of the bill until the end of the session?
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Question: In February of 1857, an attempt was made to move the Minnesota state capital to which city?
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Question: When was Minnesota's first state capitol building built?
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Question: Who were Minnesota's first two Senators to the U. S. Congress?
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Question: Who was Minnesota's first lieutenant governor after attaining statehood?
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Question: Who did Henry Hastings Sibley defeat for governor, and by what vote count?
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Question: Who was Minnesota's first governor after attaining statehood?
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Question: What was the aye/nay vote in the U. S. Congress for approval of Minnesota for statehood?
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Question: Name Minnesota's 3 territorial governors?
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Question: Who introduced the bill in Congress for Minnesota to become a state?
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Question: What year did Minnesota become a territory?
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Question: On what date and year did Minnesota become a state?
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