Chapter 10: Sodbusters

An 1862 law that provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years.

• Subsistence Farming

• Homestead Act

• Diversified Farming

• Human Capital

The practice of producing enough food to feed one’s own family, but not enough to sell at market.

• Subsistence Farming

• Homestead Act

• Diversified Farming

• Human Capital

How many counties are in Minnesota?

• 26

• 58

• 87

• 756

The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.

• Subsistence Farming

• Homestead Act

• Diversified Farming

• Human Capital

Founded the first nationwide farmers' association called the Grange.

• James J. Hill

• Oliver H. Kelley

• John Tainter

• Henry Sibley

During the sodbuster days, what crop was king in Minnesota?

• wheat
• cotton

• soybeans

• sugar beets

Named his railroad company the Great Northern Railway.

• James J. Hill

• Oliver H. Kelley

• John Tainter

• Henry Sibley

An area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services, and where prices are determined.

• Market

• Cooperative

• Regulate

• Human Capital

To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.

• Market

• Cooperative

• Regulate

• Human Capital

Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.

• land speculator

• Granger

• sodbuster

• farmer