Farmers, whose days were regulated by the sun, created new time zones as they moved west.
Expense of Expansion

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Jane Layton
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True
False
Sometimes
I'm not sure
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the sodbusters’ practice of farming the Plains called?
Lode farming
Ore farming
Till farming
Dry farming
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
For most of their history, how did the Plains Native Americans meet their needs for food, clothing, shelter, and tools?
farming
fishing and mining
hunting buffalo
raising cattle and horses
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When the transcontinental railroad was finally completed, where did the two sets of tracks meet?
Twin Falls, Idaho
Salt Lake City, Utah
Promontory Summit, Utah
Fort Collins, Colorado
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When “booms” were followed by “busts,” what did boomtowns become?
ghost towns
bust towns
dead towns
dusty towns
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
As railroad systems became more efficient over the years, what happened to the cost of shipping freight?
The shipping cost remained the same.
The shipping cost decreased.
The shipping cost varied greatly.
The shipping cost increased.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Allowed farmers to keep cattle from nearby ranches off their fields and away from their crops.
steel plow
barbed wire
windmill
sod house
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