reservations
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- extermination
- total destruction
- sod
- the mat of roots and earth beneath the prairie grasses
- homesteaders
- people granted land by the government in exchange for farming it
- open range
- unfenced grassland
- prairie
- the eastern part of the plains where tall grasses grow
- Why was the transcontinental railroad built?
- Link the eastern and western states
- What was the goal of the Dawes Act?
- End tribal ownership of lands.
- What did the Homestead Act do?
- Granted farmland to people who were willing to move to the West.
- What did the Nez Perce do?
- They tried to flee to Canada.
- What was the result of the Battle of Little Bighorn?
- The last real victory for the Indians.
- What problems did farmers on the Great Plains face?
- Drought, lack of trees, and they needed to fence their land.
- Why were railroads important to the cattle ranching industry?
- They were the method by which ranchers shipped their cattle to market.
- reservations
- areas of land set aside for Indian nations
- What new technology led homesteaders to plow their land to plant crops?
- steel plow
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Be able to answer questions on latitude and longitude.
What's latitude? longitude? -
Lines that run from east to west.
Lines that run from north to south. - Why did the buffalo on the plains face extermination?
- Miners, railroad workers, and settlers killed millions of them.
- What new technology enabled ranchers to move their cattle to markets where they could be sold?
- railroads
- What new technology enabled homesteaders to water their crops?
- windmills
- What new technology enabled farmers to harvest more wheat?
- reaper