Sodbusters

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 or Grange

• The Farmers’ Cooperative

• Farmers for a Fair Price (FFAFP)

How did the arrival of railroads positively affected Minnesota’s economy?

• They brought more settlers to MN.
• They made traveling faster and easier.
• They allowed the local markets to expand and farmers to make more profit.
• All of these

How could settlers obtain land in Minnesota?

• Settlers could get land from the Homestead Act.
• Settlers could purchase land from a land speculator or the railroad.
• Settlers could settle on government land and ask to buy it later.
• All of these

What is "subsistence farming"?

• The practice of producing enough food to feed one’s family, but not enough to sell at market.
• A law passed in 1862 that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years.
• Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.
• Part of economic activity where people buy and sell goods and services. Markets are where prices are determined.

What is "diversified farming"?

• The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.
• A nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests.
• An organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.
• To control or adjust something in order to change how it works

What is a "cooperative"?

• The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm. 
• A nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests. 
•  An organization formed to help its members buy or sell products as a large group in order to get better prices. 
• To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.

Prairie sod is best described as....

• a green carpet of grass in your front yard

• a thick mat of prairie grasses and wildflowers and their roots

• a business term: SOD = Sale On Delivery

• a mixture of grass, trees and animals of the plains