WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Due to low rainfall on the Great Plains, which of the following inventions/adaptations best aided farmers in growing crops?
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Steel Plow
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Sod House
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Barbed Wire
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Dry Farming
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -By the 1860s, Plains farmers were using steel plows, threshing machines, seed drills, and reapers. These new machines made dry farming possible.
Detailed explanation-3: -The widespread use of barbed wire changed life on the Great Plains dramatically and permanently. Land and water once open to all was fenced off by ranchers and homesteaders with predictable results.
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