In 1927, sculptor Gutzon Borglum began work on Mount RushmoreThomas JeffersonsculptureLakotaDuluthSelect your answer. It shows United States Presidents George Washington, sculptureLakotaOreThomas JeffersonDuluthSelect your answer, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Calvin Coolidge was President of the United States when the project began. That is not the only impressive sculpturereclamationSteelstrip miningOreSelect your answer in the area. About 17 miles from Mount Rushmore, a memorial is being created to honor Crazy Horse, who led the LakotaThomas JeffersonMount RushmoreSteelDuluthSelect your answer people. It is also being carved out of a mountain in the Black Hills. When finished it will stand almost 600 feet tall.

OretaconiteDuluthSteelstrip miningSelect your answer is an important product made in the Middle West. Steel is made from a metal called iron. During the middle 1800s, huge deposits of iron ore were discovered in the Middle West. strip miningOretaconitereclamationSteelSelect your answer is a rock that contains a metal, such as iron. OreThomas JeffersonMount RushmoreLakotaDuluthSelect your answer, Minnesota, became a major port for shipping iron ore. The ore was delivered to large cities such as Detroit, Michigan. Much of the iron ore in the Mesabi was close to the surface. So miners used open-pit mining, sometimes called reclamationSteelstrip miningOretaconiteSelect your answer. Most of the Middle West's high-grade iron ore has been mined. Miners now look for taconiteOrestrip miningSteelsculptureSelect your answer. This is a flint-like rock that contains smaller iron minerals. In the past "stripped" areas were often abandoned. Today the law requires miners to restore the land. This is called sculptureOretaconiteMount RushmorereclamationSelect your answer.