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the US government encouraged the settlement of the great plains with the homestead act of 1862, promising 160 acres to any family that stays and cultivates the land for 5 years
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Why did farmers have difficulty on the great plains?
Because of the dust bowl duststorm
Europeans who wanted to move to the great plains had?
guts
Who settled the Great Plains?
On the great plains, the homes of settlers were called homesteads. These types of people were farmers, cowboys, miners and railroad workers. Also ranchers and single workers settled here.
Why did many farmers leave the Great Plains during the 1930s?
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
Why did thousands of people who lived in the Great Plains leave the region during the 1930's?
great plains suffered a drought that lasted for years. Farmers lost their farms and traveled to find work
Why was there competition between ranchers and farmers to settle the Great Plains?
There was competition between ranchers and farmers to settle in the Great Plains because they wanted to have more land.
What do you call a great plains farmer?
what are great plain farmers called
Farmers on the Great Plains were aided by what?
by the windmills
Compare To Farmers In The Northeast Farmers Of The Great Plains What?
its more dependent on rail roads
Compared to farmers in the Northeast farmers of the Great Plains were what?
its more dependent on rail roads
Were most of the new settlers who established farms on the Great Plains farmers?
they were homesteaders. not farmers.
The type of agriculture developed by farmers on the Great Plains was?
Dry Farming
How did European farmers contribute to the success of farming on the great Plains?
work
What type of agriculture did farmers use on the great plains?
Dry Farming
Why attracted farmers to the Great Plains?
The homestead act and free land.
Why did farmers have difficulty on the great plains?
Because of the dust bowl duststorm
What economic effect did World War 1 have on plains wheat farmers?
The depression & drought hit farmers on the Great Plains Your Welcome ;D
