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SETTLERS & THE GREAT PLAINS: TERMS. Homestead Act Exodusters Soddy Morrill Act Bonanza Farms. Settlers Move Westward. Why? 1862: Government passed the Homestead Act Exodusters:. Railroads open in west. 1850-1871: government lent money to companies to lay tracks Union Pacific
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SETTLERS & THE GREAT PLAINS: TERMS • Homestead Act • Exodusters • Soddy • Morrill Act • Bonanza Farms
Settlers Move Westward • Why? • 1862: Government passed the Homestead Act • Exodusters:
Railroads open in west • 1850-1871: government lent money to companies to lay tracks • Union Pacific • Central Pacific • Who worked? • 1. • 2. • 3. • 4. • 5. • Harsh working conditions • May 10, 1869: 2 companies met in Utah • Leland Stanford • Video
LIFE ON THE PLAINS • Hardships: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Soddy video
WOMEN ON THE PLAINS 1. 2. 3. 4.
FARMERS • Inventions • 1837: John Deere • 1847: Cyrus McCormick • Morrill Act- 1862-1890
BONANZA FARMS • Late 1870s