Tackling the problems of Homesteading
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- Created on: 24-06-18 11:24
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- Tackling the problems of Homesteading
- Railroads
- Settlers and farming
- Travelling West, cheaper and quicker
- Immigration from Europe
- Towns grew rapidly
- Farmers could transport grain
- Sell to big cities
- Settlers could buy from cities
- Growth of cattle industry
- Could transport cattle and meat
- Sell at high prices in big cities
- Could transport cattle and meat
- National
- Connected West to East, increasing integration
- Economic benefits
- Increased trading
- Opened trading between USA and Asia
- Settlers and farming
- New inventions and crops
- 1854: Self-governing windmills
- Changed direction with wind
- Alleviate damage caused by strong wind
- Piston was driven, pumping water from ground
- Water
- Changed direction with wind
- Dry farming
- Farmers ploughed land after heavy rain
- Layer of dust kept ground moist
- Reduced risk of fires
- Layer of dust kept ground moist
- Farmers ploughed land after heavy rain
- Turkey Red Wheat
- Crop brought over by Russian immigrants
- Could withstand harsh climate
- Barbed wire
- Cheap & effective
- Protected crops from wild animals
- 1854: Self-governing windmills
- Timber Culture Act 1873
- Correction to 1862 Homestead Act after failed homesteads
- Trees planted acted as wind-break to protect crops
- Provided building materials
- Railroads
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