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100
This man was the first farmer to take advantage of the Homestead Act of 1862.
Who was Daniel Freeman?
100
The house you see here was made out this material: grass and part of the soil beneath it held together by its roots or another piece of thin material.
What is sod?
100
Wheat and this mode of transportation changed the prairie landscape forever.
What are railroads?
100
Newcomers came to the Great Plains because the land here appeared to be good for this.
What is farming?
100
This nationwide organization for farmers was started to support farmers' economic well-being and their political interests.
What is The Grange?
200
This man was the official land registrar that Daniel Freeman convinced to open his land office on New Year's Eve to record Freeman's land claim under the Homestead Act of 1862.
Who was Henry M. Atkinson?
200
This was an important place for farmers in the early days of settlement in Minnesota. It's where farmers sold their crops to make a profit.
What is a market?
200
One negative aspect of railroad development in Minnesota was that it forced these people to move off of their lands.
Who are Native Americans?
200
People from many places on the planet left their homes to move to the Great Plains in the 1800's to settle in Nebraska, the Dakotas and Kansas. Tell me two different places where these newcomers came from.
200
The Grange brought farmers together to help pass laws to regulate these from preventing them from earning a fair profit.
What are railroad companies?
300
Known as a fiery speaker, this woman gave a famous speech about bankers, politicians and Wall Street investors and how their actions hurt farmers. This woman was named ____________.
Who was Mary Elizabeth Lease?
300
Because railroad companies often cheated settlers and farmers out of money, the a few state governments changed and created laws and rules to control the railroad. These laws were called ____________.
What is Granger Laws?
300
These people tried to strike it rich during the Great Plains early settlement period. It's someone who buys and sells land hoping to make a profit.
Who is a land speculator?
300
This 1862 law provided up to 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for 5 years. It was one of many ways settlers could get land.
300
Another purpose of the Grange was to bring farmers together to learn new ____________?
What are farming techniques?
400
This well-known organizer was known for founding The Grange. He built partnerships among farmers to share ideas.
Who was Oliver H. Kelley?
400
The first settlers or farmers practiced this - the concept of producing enough food to feed one's family.
What is subsistence farming?
400
The railroad development in Iowa and the Great Plains resulted in many positive impacts. To earn these precious 400 points, tell me three ways railroads positively helped people living on the Great Plans. 
-settlement increased
-the population grew
-people traveled more quickly
-mail was delivered much faster
-folks could buy & sell goods with people or businesses farther from home.
400
There were other ways newcomers could acquire land. Tell me at least two other ways new settlers could get land to live on the Great Plains.
1. buy land from railroads
2. settling on government land without permission (buy it from the gov't later)
3. soldiers could get free land thanks to government programs
400
After farmers and Grange members shared new ideas and discussed problems, the Grange was popular for members because it simply allowed members to ___________________.
What is talk to each other?
500
This Iowan became the first presidential nominee of the Populist Party in 1892.
Who was James B. Weaver?
500
As technology technology improved and the railroad became commonplace, most settlers realized they could make a profit by doing this - the practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.
What is diversified farming?
500
When newcomers arrived and settled in Iowa to farm, they were called "sodbusters" because the sod roots in Minnesota were ___________ and protected the rich ___________ below.
What is THICK and SOIL?
500
When families moved to settle in Minnesota, the men and the women had to work really hard all day to survive. Tell me two jobs that each a man and a woman would have done on the farm.
MEN - did heavy work in fields like plowing, planting, and harvesting crops. Men repaired buildings, tools, cared for animals, and relied on their own skills.
WOMEN - cared for children, cooked three meals daily, laundry, cleaned, made soap, mended clothes, cared for chickens and cows, made butter/cheese, gardened, helped in the fields.
500
The Grange was very unique and progressive during its time because most groups did not allow these people to be leaders or even members of organizations. 
What are women?
600
These small critters traveled in large numbers, often destroying crops as they moved across the prairie during the early settlement days.
What are grasshoppers?
600
These existed many years ago and still help farmers today! It's an organization formed to help members buy or sell products as a large group to get a better price.
What is a cooperative?
600
More and more people moved into the Iowa Territory that the population was large enough to become a state. The U.S. Congress approved Iowa's application for statehood it was signed by President Polk on ___________. (mm/dd/yy)
What is December 28, 1846?
600
We can't forget about the KIDS!! Tell me three jobs they did on the farm in the homesteading days.
KIDS - carried firewood, brought water from the well, weeded the garden, gathered eggs, brought cows in for milking, cared for younger siblings, and helped in the fields.
600
The Grange provided an opportunity to talk about important issues and problems. Tell me two important issues or problems Grange members might have discussed at a Grange meeting.
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