Western Pioneers

Western Pioneers and Native Americans

American History - Topic 7.03 pages 333-338

Mr. Willis
9/27/23

​Adjusting to Life on the Plains

The Great Plains and western prairies is a vast region located between the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains.

During the late 1800s, railroad construction and development stimulated growth. In 1862, the government encouraged settlement passing the Homestead Act - for a small fee, an individual could buy a tract of public land available for settlement

Multiple Select

Which of the following two answers were true of the of the Homestead Act of 1862?

• It offered cheap western land to settlers.

• It increased western expansion.

• It financed improvements in agricultural technology.

• It opened Atlantic fishing rights to eastern sailors.

​New Farming Technology

The harsh, dry climate and densely packed soil of the Great Plains required new farming methods.

Dry farming - a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground

Sodbuster - a name given to Great Plains farmers

Bonanza farm - a large, highly profitable wheat farm

Match

Match the following

• a way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground

• a name given to Great Plains farmers

• a large, highly profitable wheat farm

Dry farming

Sodbuster

Bonanza farm

• Dry farming

• Sodbuster

• Bonanza farm

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