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"Louisiana Purchase"
The Louisiana Purchase was important because it doubled the size of the United States and opened up land for farming. -
"Agriculture Exports"
There was a lot of new technology and there was an increase in railroad networks. -
"Civil War"
This relates to agriculture because over a million farmers left their fields to be a soldier. -
"The United States Department of Agriculture"
It educates people on agriculture. -
"USDA"
Abraham Lincoln created the USDA ( United States Department of Agriculture. -
"Homestead Act"
Settlers who were willing to farm for 5 years got free land under the Homestead Act. The Homesteads Act offered 160 acres of land. -
"Post-war Agriculture"
Since the war destroyed most land a lot of people had nothing so a system of sharecropping evolved. -
"Westward Expansion"
Half of the Americas people moved to the Great Plains. -
"Agriculture Science"
Farmers started using more advanced tools than they usually use. They would go to Agriculture science schools to learn about better farming. -
"Scientific Discoveries Reducing the Spread of Diseases"
Scientists discovered a new way to kill animal and plant diseases. -
"Early Agriculture science Research"
Discovered new crops for American farmers to grow. -
"Science changes the Numbers of People Needed to farm"
Since there is farming technology coming out farmers don't need as many people to farm.