White Settlement and Farming the Plains
Examine the impact of the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroad Act. Understand the difficulties homesteaders faced and the solutions they developed to farm the Plains.
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Examine the impact of the Homestead Act and the Pacific Railroad Act. Understand the difficulties homesteaders faced and the solutions they developed to farm the Plains.
Key Questions
- How did the US government encourage settlement of the Great Plains?
- What technological innovations helped homesteaders survive in a difficult environment?
- How did the transcontinental railroad change the development of the West?
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