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

Flashcards on Great Plains History

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Survival of Plains people depended on bison.
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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.
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Homesteading allowed claiming public land.
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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.
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Cattle ranching emerged from the open range.
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Sodbusters were pioneers who settled the Great Plains and faced bed bugs, hostile Native Americans, locust swarms, and blizzards.
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Sodbusters faced many challenges in the Great Plains.
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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.
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Dry farming used advanced plowing techniques.
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49’ers headed west to California to find gold at Sutter’s Mill.
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49'ers sought gold in California.
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The open range was closed by the use of barbed wire.
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Barbed wire closed the open range.
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