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Related Web Sites:
Port of Milwaukee
Wheat Cultivation
Great Lakes Maritime History Project
Read More About It
"Wisconsin, A History, The Civil War Era, 1848-1873" by Robert Nesbit
"The History of Wisconsin" by Richard Current
Vocabulary:
shipment
Interesting Fact:
By the 1860's, MIlwaukee was the world's leading wheat market and flour mill.
Study Questions:
What was the significance of sending wheat to Europe from Milwaukee?
How did farmers send their wheat to Milwaukee in 1856?
What was the wheat production in Wisconsin during the mid-1850's?
U.S. historical events that occurred on July 19:
1848: The first woman's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, N.Y.
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