Agriculture History

Laws and Terminology

100

What is a railhead?

Place where cattle were driven to load onto the railroad

200

What are the two types of cotton?

Sea Island and Upland

300

This Act that was passed in 1917 gave funding for vocational education, and created the Federal Board for Vocational Education in order to promote the training in various areas of agriculture and home economics.

Smith-Hughes Act

400

This Act passed in 1914 established a national cooperative extension service that extended outreach programs through land grant universities to teach rural Americans about advances in agriculture and technology.

Smith-Lever Act

500

In 1862 this Act was passed to open, fund, and support land grant universities and colleges for agriculture education.

Morrill Act

1700's

100

In _______ the cotton gin was invented.

1794

200

____________ was one of America's first important cash crops and first important American exports during the 1700's.

Tobacco

300

In the 1790's the cotton gin was invented to remove _________ from cotton, and thus made cotton a profitable cash crop.

Cotton seeds

400

________ was America's second largest crop in the 1700's

Cotton

500

In 1790 what was the U.S. estimated population? (does not have to be exact number. nearest 100 thousand)

3,929,214

1800-1850

100

In the early 1800's what large purchase did the U.S. government make with France?

1803 Louisiana Purchase

200

By 1850 _______ became the most important cash crop and export to the U.S. agriculture economy.

Cotton

300

In the 1831 the _________ was invented.

Wheat reaper

400

In 1874 ______ was invented

Barab Wire

500

In the 1860's farmers made up about _____% of the labor force, today it's ____%

58% and less than 2%

1851-1950

100

In 1900 the first corn club for boys was established which is the forerunner for ____ clubs today.

4-H

200

In 1910 the average farm sized had decreased to about ____ acres.

138

300

In the early 1920's about __________ students were enrolled in agriculture courses.

31,000

400

The dust bowl in the 1930's was caused by what?

Over plowing combined with drought and severe wind.

500

By 1930 only ____% of farms had electricity.

13

Other

100

What president ended slavery?

Ab Lincoln

200

What did the landscape of the west look like?

Rolling hills and native grass

300

How did refrigerated rail cars work?

Fans blew air over blocks of ice, ice was at top because of hot and cold air sinking and rising, and they were heavily insulated. 

400

What was the solution to cattle being far away from markets?

Railroads

500

What were the three benefits of barb wire?

1. Greater control of livestock

2. Kept cattle inside the fence

3. Kept other animals out