Flashcards on Great Plains History

Flashcards on Great Plains History

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Social Studies

11th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Plains people, such as the Lakota and the Dakota, depended upon bison for their survival.

Back

Survival of Plains people depended on bison.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The government promoted settlement in the Great Plains by allowing people to file for a homestead, which let people claim public land as their own.

Back

Homesteading allowed claiming public land.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Cattle ranching developed on the Great Plains as a result of the open range, which was a vast area of grassland owned by the government.

Back

Cattle ranching emerged from the open range.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Sodbusters were pioneers who settled the Great Plains and faced bed bugs, hostile Native Americans, locust swarms, and blizzards.

Back

Sodbusters faced many challenges in the Great Plains.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Dry farming is a technique that utilized John Deere’s heavier, sharper steel plow to plant seeds deeper in the ground where there was more moisture.

Back

Dry farming used advanced plowing techniques.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

49’ers headed west to California to find gold at Sutter’s Mill.

Back

49'ers sought gold in California.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The open range was closed by the use of barbed wire.

Back

Barbed wire closed the open range.

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