Farming
What type of farming produces enough food for their family, and to trade with neighbors?
Subsistence farming
What did the railroad built by James J hill connect?
U.S to Canada
Who was Louis Fertile?
Land Speculator
Subsistence Farming
Producing enough food to feed your family, but no to sell at market.
Define Diversified Farming
Carry firewood, bring water from well, weed the garden, gather eggs, bring cows for milking, help in field.
Did farmers buy more land because of the railroad?
Why or why not
yes, because they needed to produce more crops.
James J Hill
What were at least 2 of the crops that subsistence farmers grow?
Potatoes, turnips, corn, sometimes what
An area of economic activity in which people buy and sell goods and services. This is where prices are determined.
Markets
What kind of farming made an income along with feeding the family?
Diversified Farming
Why were farmers campaigning for railroad regulations?
The price of shipping increased
Railroad companies were cheating farmers, telling them their goods were not worth as much as they really were.
Who founded the first nationwide farmers association?
Oliver H Kelley
What is a land speculator?
Someone who buys land and sells it, hoping to make a profit.
To control or adjust something in order to change how it works
Regulate
Name 3 chores that a mother would do on the farm.
How did railroads impact MN population growth?
Land was more accessible
This attracted immigrants and encouraged settlement.
What were two topics that farmers talked about and did at grange meetings?
Share concerns, learn new farming techniques, Enjoy company, admitted both men and women, gather for events, politics against the railroad.
What Law in 1862 provided 160 acres of land to settlers who would live on it and farm it for five years?
Homestead Act
An organization formed to help its members buy and sell products as a large group in order to get better prices.
Cooperative
Name 5 things a father would do on the farm
Plow, plant, harvest, repair buildings, care for the animals, logger, vet, lawyer, well digger, accountant
Name 3 changes that the railroad brought to Lincoln County.
Transport goods at lower costs, towns were growing and being built, People were connected, quicker traveling, mail was faster, buy and sell cross the country.
Answer these two questions about James J Hill
What railway did he own?
Name two other businesses he owned.
Great Northern Railway
Coal and iron mines, waterpower facilities, and ships.
Settlers who used the Homestead Act had to build houses. What materials would they use to build those houses? name at least 2
milled lumber
cut logs
sod
When was the Homestead Act passed?
1862