Inventions & Adaptations

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Who was I? I invented "the plow that broke the plains."

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John Deere

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This invention made improved cattle farming in wide open spaces of the Great Plains.

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barbed wire

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How did farmers adapt to the lack of water in the Midwest?

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Used windmills to pump water from underground sources.

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Thick rectangles of soil used to build homes

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sod

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John Deere used this material to design a plow that could work through the hard soil of the Great Plains-

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steel

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Material used in dry farming that helps soil to keep its natural moisture.

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mulch

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What cash crop thrived in the environment of the Midwest?

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wheat

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Sources of water deep underground

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aquifer

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Identify this inventor? (Last name only)

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Latimer

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Identify the inventor of this invention. (Last name only)

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Swift