RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
HOMESTEAD ACT
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Question
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What is one way that settlers adapted to the environment on western plains?
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They planted tropical plants.
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They irrigated their crops.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The earliest form of irrigation probably involved people carrying buckets of water from wells or rivers to pour on their crops. As better techniques developed, societies in Egypt and China built irrigation canals, dams, dikes, and water storage facilities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Farmers learned they could grow crops on the dry soil if they plowed deeply, breaking up the tough sod with the new steel plows. Lacking trees and other materials, settlers on the Great Plains built their homes from sod, a sort of packed dirt held together by roots and cut into squares.
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