Westward Expansion Review

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Dry farming, steel plows, and sod houses on the Great Plains.

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Adaptations/Inventions

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Invention enabling deep well digging for water access.

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windmill

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Invention that kept cattle from straying for westward settlers.

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Barbed wire

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Invention with the greatest impact on westward expansion:

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railroads

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19th-century inventions aiding Great Plains settlement: steel plows, windmills, barbed wire.

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radio

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Physical feature of the Great Plains:

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Flatlands rising from east to west.

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Harsh winters, low rainfall, and dust storms are examples of the climate of which region?

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climate of the Great Plains

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Adaptation due to wood scarcity on the Great Plains.

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Sod houses

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Used by farmers for successful crops on the Great Plains.

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Dry farming

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New tech that made west travel faster, cheaper, safer.

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Transcontinental Railroad