Dry-farming, plowing and planting in a way that conserved moisture.
the use of the windmill to pump water from underground
and the use of barbed wire to keep out stray cattle and sheep.
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The great plains were a very dry place. People made there houses out of mud and straw
To build houses
White settlers began wanting the land on the plains
More land
windmills... plows... you think of some! :)
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One was the barbed wire and two was the tool used to lift up sod. Hoped it Helps!!!
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It was called the Great American Desert.
they came in the 1850s
I can give you one, barbed wire. It hepled people keep their livestock from running away.
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.
Two key inventions that greatly aided pioneers in the Great Plains were the steel plow and the reaper. The steel plow, developed by John Deere, allowed farmers to break through tough, dry soil more efficiently, making it possible to cultivate the challenging terrain. The reaper, invented by Cyrus McCormick, revolutionized harvesting by enabling faster gathering of crops, significantly increasing productivity and helping settlers establish sustainable farms in the region.
The settlers on the Great Plains gave up and moved because they wanted to explore. They could not thrive in the Great Plains.
natives.
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