Along with the fight for worker rights.
My son attended the same school district 24 years later and I think they only taught him geography, that was Reagan's idea of social studies at the time. But he and his brother in another district did hear it from me. Actually they were the only kids in their class that knew what Woodstock was and I was no flower child only an cultural (and other)information junkie.
My Norwegian ancestors and cousins lived first in Iowa and then Minnesota wrote about the government was instrumental stealing farms in the early part of the 20th century by letting some rich folks rig markets. They repealed some laws that kept checks on greed in the markets and so many lost everything in the boom and bust time. They wrote it up in the Karl Rolvaag papers and NAHA in Northfield.
My maternal grandfather born in TN was present at the bloody Minneapolis union actions in the 1930s. At 16 he and his older brother brought down a insulated truck full of ice to sell lemonade at the Scopes Trial back in Nashville and made a small nest egg and both bought houses up here.
Minnesotans did used to care about history and trying to do the best for everyone or at least pretended that is what they wanted. Now 50% are stupid, greedy, selfish boors. Hopefully you can still find the rest to work and play with.
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