WESTWARD EXPANSION INDUSTRIALIZATION URBANIZATION 1870 1900
WESTWARD EXPANSION
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Question
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Which of the following is not an adaptation/invention that made settlement on the Great Plains possible.
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barbed wire
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windmills
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sod houses
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steamboats
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -By the 1860s, Plains farmers were using steel plows, threshing machines, seed drills, and reapers. These new machines made dry farming possible.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The plains indians used knives and rocks for almost everything. They used rocks to grind things up or to kill small animals and used knives for mending clothing, make arrows, skin animals, clean fish, build traps, and many more.
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