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US History #2

Chapter 4 Section 2

TermDefinition
Great Plains Grassland prairie region of North America
Stephen Long US Army explorer, topographical engineer, and railway engineer
Great American Desert Describes the western part of the Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains in North America
Homestead Act A special act of congress that made public lands in the west available to settlers without payment
Homestead A dwelling with its land and building occupied by the owner as a home exempted by a homestead law from sale of debt
Dry Farming relies mainly on tillage methods rendering the soil more receptive of moisture and on the selection of suitable crops
Sodbusters a farmer who works the soil
Mechanical Reapers semi-automatic device that harvests crops
Wheat Belt a region where wheat is the chief agricultural product
Bonanza Farms large-scale operations, mostly growing and harvesting wheat
Oklahoma Land Rush the first land rush into the unassigned lands
Frederick Jackson Turner United States historian who stressed the role of the western frontier in American History
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