Sodbusters

What is the term for an area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services?

• market

• grange

What is the term for the national organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests?

• market

• grange

When railroads arrived, trade declined because they could not trade goods as far as they previously could.

• True

• False

Settlers could get land for free if they stayed on the land for five years by plowing, planting, & building homes on the land according to the Homestead Act.

• True

• False

Which crop became the first export to affect the states economy?

• corn

• wheat

What is the term for controlling or adjusting something in order to change how it works?

• cooperative

• regulate

James J. Hill, the Empire Builder, helped establish the Great Northern Railway from MN to Canada.

• True

• False

In 1860, there were no railroads but within twenty years there were how many miles of track in MN?

• 1000

• 3000

• 5000

• 10000

Feelings toward the railroad change because they raised prices for shipping & storing crops, therefore cheating farmers of money.

• True

• False

With the arrival of trains many things changed EXCEPT

• more settlers arriving

• visitors having faster transportation

• train stations built near lakes for easy entertainment

• mail and news delivered in shorter amount of time