UNIT #1 – SETTLING THE WEST LESSON #6 –Farming in the West (80-82)

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UNIT #1 – SETTLING THE WEST LESSON #6 –Farming in the West (80-82)

The Wheat Belt – Land was hard and dry – Only the most hearty families moved out West – New methods of farming had to be invented Define the following: – DRY FARMING (p.81) – SOD BUSTERS (p.81) Companies formed, buying up thousands of acres – BONANZA FARMS (p.81)

The Wheat Belt The Government wanted to settle the land To encourage farmers, the offered FREE land During the Civil War, President Lincoln enacted the _____________________ Americans moved West Huge harvests made us the world’s leading nation in ____________ production Wheat harvest failed in late 1880s – drought 1889 – Government opened up more land FREE in what’s now Oklahoma

Homestead Act of 1862 Free land to anyone who showed up and claimed it Claim up to _______ acres and title Get ownership after five years there Who was allowed to apply? Who was NOT?

Homestead Act of 1862 Between 1862 and 1934, the federal government granted __________homesteads and distributed ___________________ acres (420,000 sq mi) of federal land for private ownership. ______ of all land in the United States. Homesteading was discontinued in 1976 Except in Alaska, continued until 1986.

Describe what a LAND RUSH looks like.

Questions for Homework 1.What happens in a “land rush”? 2.What was the government giving away for free with the Homestead Act of 1862? (and how much of it?)

Questions for Homework 3.What was so difficult about living on the Great Plains in the 1800s? 4.What were the rules of the Homestead Act of 1862 that made is so only 40% ever got to own the land?