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| Physical Features of the Great Plains | Flatlands, Erosion, Low Rainfall, Frequent Dust Storms |
| New Technologies | What changed people's perception of the Great Plains |
| Inventions/Adaptations | Barbed Wire, Steel Plows, Dry Farming, Sod houses, Beef Cattle, Wheat Farming, Windmills, Railroads |
| Barbed Wire | Invention that helped keep unwanted animals off your land |
| Steel Plows | Type of farming tool necessary for the hard Plains soil |
| Dry Farming | Method of farming that required little rainfall |
| Wheat Farming | Reason the Great Plains became known as the Breadbasket of America |
| Windmills | New technology that provided water and energy to Great Plains farms |
| Railroad | Transportation that created national markets |
| Pittsburgh | Center of the steel industry |
| Reasons for Moving West | Opportunity to own land, Technology, Wealth, Adventure, New beginning for former slaves |
| Reservations | Small plots of land set aside for Native Americans |
| Battle of Little Bighorn | Major Native American victory over the Whites |
| Chief Joseph | Native American Chief who surrenedered after the Massacre at Wounded Knee |
