Today we are presenting our sections.
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Settling on the Great Plains
Railroads Moving West
1862 congress passesd the pacific railroad bil which grandted public land and fund to build a transcontinental railroad. the 2 groups who were building the railroad started indifferent parts of the country one was the central pacific railroad would start laying track from california and the union pacific would start laying tracks from the missouri river west
work on the railroads was hard and sometimes dangerous and it was hard to attract workers.
while construction both companies raced to see who could lay the most tracks each day. the day that both track met was in 1869 at the goldn spike in utah.
Homested Act
this act was signed by Abraham Lincholn in 1862. this bill gave rights to any citizen to have 160 acres of land if they stayed there for fiv years, it was theirs for free. claimers of the act didnt need to have equipment or know how to farm to get this land and that made some people go in debt because they didnt know what they were doing or didnt have the money to buy the right supplies or there was not a plentiful water supply by the land they tried to farm and this made some people leave the land and go back to the cities
some of the things bpeople did were vattlers fenced in open land. miners and wood cutters took natural resourrces. only around ten percent of the land was actually settle dbye the families it was intended for. all the plots were not equal in size either people in iowa minnesota 160 acres was a good living but not in more western drier states. in 1889 the goverment re-did part of the act and there was a major land give away in the state oklahoma in less than a day over 2 mill. people took land in the state but some people claimed land before the gov. opened it so the state is callled the sooner state.
the women worked along side the men in the fields plowing and plainting things. they also shaved the sheep so they could use the sheeps wool to make clothes. besides that, they did the cleaning cooking and the raised the children.
Dugout and Soddies
the settlers built their homes into hills because there werents many trees. this had its advantages and disadvantages. Advantages: it was hot in the winter and cold in the summer. Dis: every time it rained water leaked into the houses.
Agricultural education
supportexd by the national gov.
it was because of that Morrill Act of 1862 and 1890 allowed land to be givini to states so they would help finance agricultural collages
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