Chapter 10: Sodbusters

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An 1862 law that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years.

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Homestead Act

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The practice of producing enough food to feed one’s own family, but not enough to sell at market.

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Subsistence Farming

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The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.

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Diversified Farming

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To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.

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Regulate

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An area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services, and where prices are determined.

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Market

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An organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.

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Cooperative

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Who named his railroad company the Great Northern Railway?

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James J. Hill

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Founded the first nationwide farmers' association called the Grange.

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Oliver H. Kelley

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Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.

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land speculator

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During the sodbuster days, what crop was king in Minnesota?

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wheat