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The passage of the Homestead Acts led many settlers to the Great Plains states. These acts gave ownership of land to settlers at little to no cost.

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Q: Which major event brought many settlers to the Great Plains states?
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Which of these major events brought many settlers to the Great Plains states?

the opening of railroads


Why did settlers on the great plains have to learn new ways of building?

The white settlers on the Great Plains were accustomed to building houses with wood. There was not enough wood on the Plains to build a house. Later when rail transportation was built wood could be brought in on trains.


What did the Great Plains states have for western settlers in the years following the civil war?

farmland and space


When did settlers head for the great plains?

1783


What were the major building materials used in the great plains?

Since wood/trees did not grow on the plains wood/lumber had to be brought in or sod was used. Many settlers built sod houses to live in.


What developments of the late 180s attracted settlers to endure the hardships of the great plains?

copper and gold The California Gold Rush brought many out West.


Mennonite immigrants from Ukraine are credited with the introduction of what crop to the Great Plains?

The Mennonite settlers brought with them hard winter wheat. It was better adapted to the dry growing conditions of the Great Plains than were the wheat strains grown there earlier.


What factors brought settler's to the plains?

Homesteaders came to the Plains to own land and be independent. They were also swayed by advertising paid for by railroads, steamship companies, and western states and territories.why did the sletter come to the great plains and what did they do in the great plains?


When did the settlers go to the great plains?

they came in the 1850s


What did settlers call the great plains?

It was called the Great American Desert.


Why did settlers move to the Great Plains after 1862?

During and after the Civil War, the Unites States government encouraged farmer to move west.


Why did settlers move to Great Plains after 1862?

During and after the Civil War, the Unites States government encouraged farmer to move west.