The Buffalo Are Back

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What happened on the long-ago day the orange buffalo calf was born? (Page 3) A settler's plow cut into the prairies thick turf less than a mile away. The Indians set the prairie grasses ablaze to make the soil richer. Lightning struck the winter-dry plains, causing the buffalo to stampede.

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The Indians set the prairie grasses ablaze to make the soil richer.

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In the mid-1800's, change first came to the plains when _____.

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white fur hunters stacked the beautiful buffalo hides in pointed canoes

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What happened when the grasshoppers ate the settlers' crops?

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The fragile plants did not grow back.

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How did naturalist W.T. Hornday contribute to the saving the buffalo?

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He discovered a small buffalo herd after acting on a tip from a Crow Indian.

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Besides establishing a bison range, how did Roosevelt help save the Buffalo?

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by making it illegal to shoot buffalo

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After dust storms hit, the government taught farmers to _______.

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plant and grow crops in curves instead of straight lines

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What did a young Kansas girl do one day?

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She walked into her house waving a six-foot blade of grass.

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People sowed native grasses on abandoned farms and public lands after ______. (Page 25) Options: They prepared the soil with fire in the same way the Indians had once done, they searched in the places plows had never reached, tourists rediscovered the beauty of the prairies and arrived on the plains.

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they searched in the places plows had never reached

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What is the meaning of the word "tough"?

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long lasting; strong

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What is the meaning of the word "settlers"?

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someone who moves to a new place to start a new life

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