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| Homestead | A piece of U.S. public land acquired by filing a record and living on and cultivating it. |
| Dry Farming | A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture. |
| Sodbuster | A name given to Great Plains farmers |
| Bonanza Farm | A large, highly profitable wheat farm |
| The Great Plains were called the? | Great American Desert |
| Prairie lands were found | West of the Mississippi and East of the Rocky Mountains |
| Settlers faced these challenges on the Great Plains | Summer Temps above 100, Fires, Insect swarms, Extreme cold & snow, Limited trees |
| In order to get water from the ground Prairies farmers had to do this? | Dig 100 foot wells or deeper and use hand pumps |
| Great Plains will be turned into? | America's Wheat Belt |
| Inventions that helped farmers were | Steel Plows, Threshing machines, Seed drills, Reapers |
| Wheat Belt was located | Eastern edge of Great Plains: Dakotas, Nebraska and Kansas |
| What happened in 1880 to the Great Plains | Severe Drought |
| Drought causes the soil to | turn to dust |
| Excess Wheat or a Surplus caused | prices to drop |
