SD History Unit 6 Lessons 3 - 4

What is the main reason that west river doesn't have as many farms as east river?

• not enough rainfall

• too many hills

• better grass west river

• there are too many trees

What caused the habit of open range cattle grazing to end?

• The hard winter of 1886 - 1887

• All the cows got killed by a popcorn blizzard

• There weren't anymore cowboys

• People wanted to keep their cows separate in fences

What year did the railroad reach Rapid City?

What year did railroad bridges first cross the Missouri River?

Who was the first person in South Dakota to believe in the automobile?

• Peter Norbeck

• Pierre Dorion

• Sacagawea

• Red Cloud

What was the first car with four doors? Where was it built?

• Ford Model A / Omaha, NE

• Fawick Flyer / Sioux Falls, SD

• Ford Model T / Madison, SD

• Dorion Doors / Missoula, MT

What year did South Dakota issue its first license plates?

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What group of people fought in WWI

• Dakotas

• Lakotas

• Nakotas

• European Immigrants

• Canadians

What is one good thing that came from WWI?

• Farmers made more money selling food

• European landscape was destroyed

• Soldiers became braver

• We learned how to make bombs

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What positive things happened to begin the 1920s?

• The Sioux people earned citizenship

• Women earned the right to vote

• Farmers went bankrupt

• Many Dakotans went back to Europe