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Gr. 5 SS Ch. 3 L.2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the nickname for St. Louis, Missouri? | The Gateway to the West |
| What is an embarkation point? | a starting point |
| What was an embarkation point for many pioneers traveling West? | St. Louis, Missouri |
| What was the Great Plains sometimes called? | the Great American Desert |
| What law was passed to encourage pioneers to settle on the Great Plains? | the Homestead Act |
| What did pioneers have to do to get land under the Homestead Act? | live and farm on the land for 5 years |
| Name 4 technologies that allowed the Great Plains to be farmed. | the steel plow, windmills, mechanical reapers, and Russian wheat |
| Why were steel plows needed on the Great Plains? | The sod was packed so hard that other plows would break. |
| Why were windmills needed on the Great Plains? | Windmills were needed because there were few rivers. Windmills could get water from far underground. |
| Why was Russian wheat seed needed? | Other types of wheat seed couldn't stand the hot, dry summers and the cold winters. |
| What kind of weather did the pioneers face on the Great Plains? | The hot, dry summers brought drought and storms. Winter snows led to spring floods. |
| What were some ways that crops might be ruined on the Great Plains? | early snows, hailstorms, insects |
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