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WorksheetsLife on the Plains
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 25mins
Short grass prairie land between Missouri River and Rocky Mountains.
Great Plains
Great Mountains
Great Rivers
Great Sea
Congress passed this in 1862 to encourage people to move west.
(a)
People are from Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Transylvania
Pennsylvania
Bohemia
Germany
Semi-dry ecosystem
(a)
Runs north and south through middle of Great Plains.
10th meridien
20th meridien
30th meridien
100th meridien
Densely packed dirt filled with roots
(a)
_________wrote to wife and baby on April 6, 1873.
O'Brien
Oblinger
Osmond
Orion
George Rogers chased this animal.
(a)
Martha Farnsworth was sick with this and missed 53 days of school.
flu
covid
malaria
bronchitis
Nearest railroad point to Martha's school.
(a)
Young pigs were called this.
goslings
cubs
puppies
shoats
(a) breed are from wild horses.
School house in Document D picture
(a)
Photographer who took a family's picture in 1886.
Solomon Butcher
Moses Appleby
Henry Ford
Abraham Lincoln
Fires, tornadoes, hail, drought and blizzards are examples of extreme (a) .
Native Americans who survived the settlement of the Plains were moved here.
California
Texas
reservations
Canada
The Homestead Act offered settlers this amount of land.
(a)
This President signed the Homestead Act in 1862.
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan
Transcontinental railway from New York to San Francisco was completed this year.
(a)
Nebraska became a state this year.
1865
1867
1869
1871
Wife of Uriah W. Oblinger
(a)
Laura's Christmas presents.
tin cup
cake
candy
penny
all of the above
Laura's sister's name.
(a)
George Rogers chased this animal.
horse
cow
chicken
wolf
Neighbor who wanted to adopt Martha.
(a)
Family member who was not good to Martha.
Pa
Ma
step mother
step father
Kirk's horse's name
(a)
Martha's favorite game.
(a)
Martha's favorite class.
Math
Science
Literary
Poetry
Nebraska Land is a sad song because it is about this.
(a)
Reason why people do not leave Nebraska.
(a)
Nebraska is compared to this because it is hot and windy.
(a)
