molly brown and jena rassumssen 5-2-
1) How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?
act said that said that 160 acres was feet to a citizen or family
6 hundred thousand people took advantage of this
only about 10% of the land was used in this
2) What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?
droughts, blizzards, floods, fires, and locst plagues and sometimes raids by native americans and outlaws
3) What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?
it was hard work. in 1837 john deer made the steel plow
new equipment cost alot of money so they went into debt. it cost more to ship from the west unlike the east.
farmers didnt like being taken advantage. eventrually went into a common cause and farm organizations
1847 reaping machine. in the beging it took 45 mins for a busel of corn and it took 1900 it only took 10 mins
henry d washburn and nathaniel p langford asked congress to help protect the wilderness from settlement so in 1872 the government created yellowstone national park
jena's part
lived in dugouts and soddies. houses werent very nice cause snakes and bugs could get in easily.
women did everything that men did except they made clothes, can food, make candels.
middle and west thought they could vote earlier.
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