Northern Lights - CH 10 Sodbusters

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Prairie sod is best described as....

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a thick mat of prairie grasses and wildflowers and their roots

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Who founded the Grange, a farmers organization?

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Oliver Kelley

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What railroad did James J Hill begin?

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Great Northern

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Which of these was NOT a requirement of the Homestead Act of 1862? Must be head of household, Improve or farm the land, Build a home / cabin at least 12' x 14'

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Live on the land for 8 years

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These typical farm chores on a homestead were usually done by... (gathering eggs, weeding garden, helping around the house, picking up rocks in the farm fields, get water from the well)

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Children

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This organization of farmers was begun in 1867 so that farmers could share their concerns and learn about new farming techniques.

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The Grange

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Who typically performed these farm chores on the homestead - (cooked, cleaned, sewed and mended clothes, made butter & cheese, preserved foods)?

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Mothers

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Who typically performed these chores on the homestead - (plow, plant and harvest crops; built or repaired farm buildings: cared for large animals)?

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Fathers

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A person who buys and later sells land with the hope of making a profit is known as a .....

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land speculator

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Farmers who grow enough food to feed their own families and not much more are called...

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subsistence farmers