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Between 1840 and 1880, Wisconsin was considered "America's breadbasket", with 1/6th of all [[wheat]] grown in the U.S. coming from the state.<ref name="Dairy">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-028/?action=more_essay The Rise of Dairy Farming]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> However, by the end of the 19th Century, dairy farming was becoming prevalent, with mainly [[Germany|German]] and [[Scandinavian]] immigrants taking up the industry.<ref name="Dairy"/> By 1915, Wisconsin produced the most butter and cheese out of every other state.<ref name="Dairy"/> In addition, skilled manufacturing became prevalent in the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-044/?action=more_essay The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The state also had a major logging industry during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-027/?action=more_essay Logging and Forest Products]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>
Between 1840 and 1880, Wisconsin was considered "America's breadbasket", with 1/6th of all [[wheat]] grown in the U.S. coming from the state.<ref name="Dairy">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-028/?action=more_essay The Rise of Dairy Farming]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> However, by the end of the 19th Century, dairy farming was becoming prevalent, with mainly [[Germany|German]] and [[Scandinavian]] immigrants taking up the industry.<ref name="Dairy"/> By 1915, Wisconsin produced the most butter and cheese out of every other state.<ref name="Dairy"/> In addition, skilled manufacturing became prevalent in the state.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-044/?action=more_essay The Rise of Skilled Manufacturing]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 22, 2016.</ref> The state also had a major logging industry during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-027/?action=more_essay Logging and Forest Products]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>
In 1889, the Wisconsin legislature enacted the [[Bennett Law]], which required that schools use only [[English language|English]] in classes and enacted several schooling regulations.<ref name="BennettL.">[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-031/?action=more_essay Americanization and the Bennett Law]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref> Propoents of the law hoped it would help German immigrants assimilate into American culture and society, but the law provoked a backlash from Germans and other ethnic groups against the [[Republican Party|GOP]], which had supported the law.<ref name="BennettL."/> In the next elections, Republicans were voted out and the law was eventually repealed.<ref>[https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/bennett-law/ Bennett Law]. ''Encyclopedia of Milwaukee''. Retrieved Novmeber 23, 2016.</ref> Despite this, German schools, which had once only taught in German, started also using English in teaching.<ref name="BennettL."/> Similar assimilation attempts were attempted in regards with [[North American Indians|Native Americans]] between the late 19th Century through the 1920s.<ref name="BennettL."/>
Despite having been previously rejected attempts at [[women's suffrage]], Wisconsin became the first state to ratify the [[19th Amendment]] on June 10, 1919.<ref>[http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-032/?action=more_essay The Woman's Suffrage Movement]. ''Wisconsin Historical Society''. Retrieved November 23, 2016.</ref>
===Political history===
===Political history===