America the Bountiful III - Swords & Plowshares

The _______________ plow that was originally used by settlers was not strong enough to cut through the tough ground in Iowa. (what kind of metal is it?)

• steel
• iron
• cast iron
• aluminum

The nickname for this wonderful new plow was...

• The Singing Plow
• The Whistling Plow
• The Singing Whistle
• there was no nickname

In 1839 congress paid an expenditure of ___________ dollars to purchase seeds and mail them for FREE to anyone who wanted them.

• $100
• $1,000
• 1 million
• $500

During the civil war, what president established the USDA for the dual purpose of collecting statistics & administering the seed distribution program?

• Washington
• Jefferson
• Lincoln
• Roosevelt

Robert Reid planted what two types of corn in his field?...which would later cross.

• rent payer & red chaff
• yellow dent & flintcorn
• yellow dent & gourdseed
• gourdseed & flintcorn

Which of the following is NOT one of the four elements farmers thought controlled their farming outcomes?

• earth
• air 
• sunlight
• fire

What was the name of the bug that was terrorizing farmers in the South?

• mexican cotton boll weevil
• lady bird beetle
• blister beetle
• cottonwood borer

The Act that Lincoln passed granting 11 million acres of land to public agricultural colleges was:

• Hatch Act
• Land Grant College Act
• Pittman-Robertson Act
• Smith-Hughes Act

What is the name of the act that attached an agricultural research station to each public agricultural college?

• Hatch Act
• Land Grant College Act
• Smith Hughes Act
• Pittman-Robertson Act

What were the two types of Indian corn crossed in Robert Reid’s corn field in1846?

• Flint and bluecorn
• Dent and gourdseed
• gourdseed and blue corn
• flint and gourdseed