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26 Cards in this Set
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what was the last major land rush? |
oklahoma land rush, april 22, 1889, noon |
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how many land seekers lined oklahoma for the land rush? |
over 100,000 |
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what were sooners? |
people who snuck into oklahoma before it officially opened |
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what was the point of land rushes? |
creating cities with over 10,000 people in half a day |
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when was the homestead act created? |
1862 |
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what did the homestead act do? |
gave 160 acres of land to heads of households |
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homestead act- what were settlers required to do before they could officially own their land? |
live in the land, build a home, and farm the land for 5 years |
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homestead act- how many homesteaders were there? |
1.6 million |
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homestead act- what % of land was given to small farmers? |
20% |
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what was sod? |
* Housing material on the Great Plains
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what were the climate dangers? |
dry weather, locust swarms, and extreme winters |
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who created the steel plow? |
john deere |
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why was the steel plow created? |
sod was difficult to cut through |
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what did the steel plow do? |
turned soil over quicker |
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who created the reaper? |
cyrus mccormick |
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why was the reaper created? |
scythes were not easy to use on 160 acres |
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what did the reaper do? |
helped speed up grain harvesting |
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what did windmills do? |
to pump water deep underground to the surface |
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what type of farming was used to conserve water? |
dry farming |
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why was the national grange created? |
to work together as a group to boost farm profits and reduce rr rates |
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when was the populist party created? |
1892 |
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what was the populist party? |
Political alliance of farmer and labor unions |
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what did the populist party want the gov't to do? |
raise crop prices, free silver, regulate RR rates, income tax, 8 hour workday, & limited immigration |
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if the amount of money goes up, what happens to the value of money? |
it goes down |
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who was william mckinley? |
* Won the election
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who was william jennings bryan? |
* Supported by populists
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