Questions about Congressional Acts and Sodbusters

Paste the two congressional acts in 1862 that helped settle the West.

How did sodbusters get their nickname?

What the inventions that made farming the Plains more efficient.

Why could banding together help farmers?

Why do you think the Populist Party dissolved after Bryan lost the presidential election?

What ended America’s frontier?

Critical Thinking: Analyze Tell why overproduction on farms could lead to lower prices for crops.

Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence. ________________________ emphasized the planting of hardy crops that need less water than other crops.

________________________ was a political candidate for the Populist Party.

The states were granted millions of acres of federal land through the ________________________.