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Great plains was

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• the region extending westword from the rocky mountains to the 100th meridian

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100th meridian was

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• an imaginary line running north and south front he cnereal dakotas through western texas

Major stephen long called

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• the great plains the quote “american desert” because their was no  wood and the land was unfit to cultivate

homestead act 1862 was

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• when settlers could claim 160 akers of land on a 10 dollar homestead

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1. Dry farming was

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• 1. planting  seed deep enough in the ground so that moisture can reach it

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Sodbusters were

• the name given to those who power the soil on the great plains

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1. Bonanza farms were

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• wheat farms that covered to over 50k akres , yielding big profits

1. Droughts made these

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• homesteaders head home , but others soon took their place 

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1. Oklahoma land rush 1889,was when

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• 10k people raced to state their claim on land in the oklahoma territory 

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1. The homestead act

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• provided legal way for settlers to claim their land