5.2::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::by hailey miller-How did railroads and the Homestead Act help settle the Great Plains?it gave people the chance to get some land for freehelped people get to placesit was their way of transporting their goodshomestead actthe homestead act of 1862 was farm land that was given to settlersthe minimum lot was 320 acresthe homestead act was signed into law by abe lincolnthe law reaquired four steps to qualify for the homestead actfile an applicationimprobe the landfile for deed of title21 years of age or older-What challenges did settlers face on the Great Plains?extreme hardshipdroughts floodsfireslocust plaguesweatherit was lonely-What problems did farmers face on the Great Plains?farmers had trouble with the cost of shipping their grainfarmers found themselves in deby to buy more farm land to keep up with the rise and fall of wheat pricesnew farm machinery was inveneted to help speed up the farming , but the machines were too expensive to buyweather effects on the farmingthe land was hard to farm due to the prairie grass that covered the plains and the soil had never been cut by a plaw. there were deeep roots that were up to 10cm which made tangled clumps that were difficult to cuttemps hard on landwinters were long with freezing temp and snowsummers were too hotdust storms and tornadoes caused damage to the landCh. 8.1:-What advances in science and technology help solve urban problems?cities in the industrial area wzpanded outward and upwardskyscrapersarchitects became able to build higher buildings because of the elevatorthe developement of steel skeletons of the buildings, so it could bare the weightthey built them because of limited spaceelectiric transitas the skyscreapers expaded upward, ttransportation expanded outwardbefore the civil wasr horses pulled streetcars across towns on iron rails embedded in the streetselectuicity transformed the transportation systema few large cities moved their railways far above ground, and called them elevated trainsother cities like new york moved their trains underground and called them subwayscity planningthe city of chicago had explosive growth from 300000 people in 1870the wright brothersin the early 20th century, brothers wilbur and orville wright experimented with engines powerful enough to keep things aloftthe first thing the wright brothers built was a glidertheir first successful fights was on december 17, 1903 in kitty hawk, north carolina. the aircraft flew 120 feet and lasted 12 secondsgeorge eastmanin 1888 eastman intoduced his new invention the kodak camerathe purchase price of this was $25 for the camera and with it came a 100 picture foll of filmto get the film developed you would send the roll of film to new york where eastmans factory wasstalwarts-status quosomeone that isnt trying to make change-doesnt want to rock the boathalf breeds- reformerspeople that wanted to fight back against stalwarts and help african americans and make changejohnson -not popular, delt with reconstructiongrant- the most famous american at the time, swept into being president for 8 years, was nott a good president, there were a lot of scandals going on at the time, knew about them but let it happenhayes-stalwartgarfield-killed because he was a half breedarthur-stalwart, vp to garfield, 1 term president, started changing thingscleveland-lone democrat and reformerknow about assassination of garfielddifferences between stalwarts and half breeds
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