Sodbusters

What pest plagued early Minnesotan farmers?

• Canaries

• Grasshoppers

• Flies

• Rats

There were four main ways to acquire land in MN at the end of the 1800s and early 1900

*Pick the one that is NOT a main way to get land.

• Patrons of Husbandry

• Homestead Act

• Buy it from a land speculator

• If you were a Union soldier you got it for free

Sodbuster refers to what main job / industry in the late 1800s and early 1900s

• Logging

• Textiles

• Farming

• Mining

What was Minnesota’s main cash crop in the late 1800’s?

• Potatoes

• Lumber

• Wheat

• Soybeans

To help combat against railroad prices Oliver Kelly helped set up what organization?

• The Wheat Collation

• Patrons of Husbandry

• The Farmers’ Cooperative

• Farmers for a Fair Price (FFAFP)

Who was our first state governor?

• Sibley

• Ramsey

• Hill

• Little Crow

Why was the Patrons of Husbandry considered progressive?

• They allowed women to actively be part of the group

• The treated men fairly

• They built the first car

• The husbands cooked the meals

What legislation gave free land to settlers in the U.S. for Farming?

• Free Incentive Land Legislation (FILL)

• Farming Initiative Act of 1891

• Homestead Act of 1862

• All of the above

What term best describes the following: A farm where a variety of crops and livestock are

raised.

• Market Economy

• Subsistence Farming

• Collective Farm

• Diversified Farming

What is NOT a requirement for getting the free land from the government in the late 1800s

• Had to have livestock such as cows or pigs

• Had to build a house

• Had to farm it

• Had to live there for 5 years