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Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
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∙ 14y ago
Why did the US government encourage settlement on the Great Plains?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoMoving Native Americans away from their home lands to reservations.
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∙ 6y agoThe Homestead Act encouraged people to move further west because they earned free land.
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∙ 12y agothe homestead act
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∙ 8y agoThey offered people free land.
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How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great plains?
How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
What important to successful settlement of the great plains?
Here are some inventions that were important to the successful settlement of the great plains:RailroadWindmill
Why did the US and Canada encourage settlement of the Great Plains in the 1800s?
The governments of the United States and Canada wanted the wide open spaces to be occupied. It was cheaper to maintain occupied land than to patrol empty space.
The Native American population of the Great Plains was a formidable obstruction to?
settlement by whites
How did steel plows help settlement of the great plains?
helped cult the soil
What factor helped to encourage settlement of the great plains?
because of the dawes act
What factors help encourage settlement of the great plains?
because of the dawes act
How did government try to encourage settlement to west?
the government supported settlement of the great plans by passing the homestead act in 1862.
What action did the government take to encourage farming in the great plains in the 1800's?
you tell me
Which is most responsible for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains?
The Homestead Act of 1862is most responsible for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains.
What major agricultural enterprise became vital to the settlement of the southern great plains?
Railroad companies and government forts
What was important to successful settlement in the great plains?
windmill
How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great plains?
How did the homestead act encourage freed African Americans to move to the great Plains
Why did farmers move to the great plains?
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
How native Americans respond to land lost due to white settlement of the great plains?
How native americans respond to land lost due to white settlement of the great plains?
What important to successful settlement of the great plains?
Here are some inventions that were important to the successful settlement of the great plains:RailroadWindmill
What is the main reason for the rapid settlement of the Great Plains?
The government encouraged settlers to move to the great plains because the land was cheap and they could keep the land for 5 years
