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Department of Agriculture
This helped farmers adapt to their environment. -
Railroads
There were 4 railroads built across the West. Railroad companies were given 120 million acres of public land -
Settlers
The government offered settlers cheap homesteads in Oklahoma. This made Indians lise 11 million acres. -
Pests
Farmers had swarms of grasshoppers that ate all of their crops. -
Willa Carther
Willa was born in Virginia and later moved to the Great Planes. She became a writer and wrote about her life in the Great Planes. -
Removal of troops
Moving West helped blacks helped them get away from prosecution due to the removal of Federal troops in the South -
Newspaper
A Kansas Newspaper praised a woman because she did her own plowing. -
Moving West
Since John Brown fought against slavery in Kansas they accepted blacks. 20,000 to 40,000 African American moved South. -
Chinese Farmers
Most Chinese farmers that came for the gold rush became farmers instead. -
Competiotion for land
President Harrison said that land would be availible to the 1st takers at noon on April 22.