Settling the Great Plains Chapter 13 Sec 2

Westward Movement helped by Railroads Great American Desert (Great Plains) Plow Windmill Barbed wire

Homestead Act – 1862 “Sooners” – Oklahoma – 1889 Frontier closed 1890 160 acres – worked it for 5 years “Sooners” – Oklahoma – 1889 Frontier closed 1890 Exodusters African Americans Kansas

Challenges of the Plains Housing (No trees) Dugouts Soddies

Division of Labor Education Women get the right to vote in Wyoming – 1869 Education Morrill Land Grant Acts of 1862 & 1890 Agricultural colleges

Bonanza Farms Huge Farms Single crops