Farming
This animal was used by the Tainters and other farmers to pull plows.
What are oxen?
Farmers were able to sell their crops to new markets due to the expansion of these.
What are railroads?
To control or adjust something in order to change how it works.
What is regulate?
The Tainters settled in this county in Minnesota.
What is Lincoln County?
This group was significantly displaced from Minnesota as more settlers began arriving in southern Minnesota.
Who are the Dakota?
This insect was a major cause of crop failure in the late 19th century.
What are grasshoppers?
This grew rapidly in the late 19th century with the expansion of railroads.
What is population?
An area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services.
What is market?
When settlers arrived in the prairies, they first had to break this before the land could be farmed.
What is the sod?
There are this many counties in Minnesota.
What is 87?
This was the most popular cash crop in Minnesota.
What is wheat?
Railroads expanded from 0 miles in 1860 to more than this many miles in the 1880s.
What is 3,000?
A nationwide organization for farmers that supports their economic well-being and their political interests.
What is the Grange?
The purpose of this act was to attract new settlers with cheap land to live on and farm.
What is the Homestead Act?
This material was commonly used to build houses by settlers who could not afford lumber.
What is sod?
The practice of growing enough crops to feed your family, but not enough to sell at market is known as this.
What is subsistence farming?
This man was a very powerful businessman who controlled Minnesota's railroads and was known as the "Empire Builder."
Who is James J Hill?
Someone who buys and sells land, hoping to make a profit, often at great financial risk.
What is a land speculator?
The Tainters initially bought this much land in southwest Minnesota.
What is 80 acres?
Settlers who arrived in Minnesota's prairies and broke up the earth to expose the good soil for farming are known as this term.
What are "Sodbusters"?
In order to keep crop prices high, farmers joined together to form these.
What are cooperatives?
This was the name of James J Hill's railroad company.
What is the Great Northern Railway?
The practice of producing a variety of crops and livestock on one farm.
What is diversified farming?
Land speculator Louis Fertile once famously bought 160 acres of land for $8 and sold it 10 days later for this much.
What is $1,200?
Laws that regulated railroad companies and set limits to how much they could charge are known as these.
What are "Granger Laws"?