So today we tested over our chapter 5-2. our chapter is about people moving to the great plains. the 1st settlement was Jamestown. 1870 400 mil acres of forests and prairies into flourishing farms. 2nd 400 mil acres took only 30 years 1850 to 1871 made a huge land grant to railroads..1860s 2 companies began a race to lay track. central pacific moved east. union pacific moved west ward. civil war veterans, irish,and chinese immigratns, african americans and mex americans did most of the grueling labor. 8 miles of track a day was laid. got to utah in 1869, then east and west coast were linked. 1862-caongress passed homestead act. this gave the head of house 160 acres for free to move there. not enough land to make farming worthwhile. made sod houses..leaked, let in snakes and pests. women worked by men in fields. canned fruits and vegetables, shaved sheep, made clothes, harvestig, doctors, sponsored schools and churches. 1837 john deere invented steel plow. 1847-mccormick made reeping machine, made harvesting faster. moral act...1862 and 1890 gave federal land to the states to help finance ag colleges. hatch act 1887 est. ag. experiment stations to inform famers about the new developments. bonanza farm-15,000-50,000 of one crop,,drought. went broke. farmers felt pressure of rising shipping costs ..charged western farmers a higher fee. charged more for short hauls
....slides ,,, names, ,, great plains picture and definition,, ,railroads. move ppl and goods to and from west. homestead act...railroads jipping farmers...
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