Homestead act
when did the homestead act begin?
1862 during the civil war.
what was a big challenge for people farming on the plains?
extreme weather
who formed the national grange?
Oliver Hudson Kelly.
why did farmers create a populist party?
they did it so they could have more power when they elected candidates.
how many people rushed to claim land in the Oklahoma land rush?
over 50,000 people.
how much land would they get?
160 acres
what was a challenge with grass?
the sod was very hard.
what was the National grange?
it was a social education organization for farmers.
farmers alliances
how much land did settlers claim?
over 11 million acres of land.
what was the most common job for woman?
Teaching
what did farmers do to solve the problem with the hard sod?
in the 1890s farmers started dry farming.
they campaigned for political candidates who supported farmers goals.
what did farmers do to gain votes?
they made workdays shorter and limited immigration.
why did they give free land?
because in 1870 there were still small portions of unclaimed land.
what was one good thing that you would get?
a house
why were farmers called sod busters?
because they worked hard to break up the sod.
what did the organization call for?
they called for laws that regulated rates charged by railroads.
what put an end to the populist party?
Mckinly's victory in the 1896 election put and end to the populist party.
when did the rush begin?
it began at noon on April 22nd, 1889.
what was one problem?
homesteaders had to pay for crops
what did they do when they did not have many farmers?
they shipped the crops over seas.
what did Oliver Kelly see firsthand?
he saw how the country's farmers suffered.
how did they fix economic problems?
railroad companies contributed.
what was one effect of 50,000 people coming to claim land?
the ground shook.