Farming

By fireoxx
  • USDA created to help farmers

    USDA created to help farmers.
  • giving away land

    Homstead act- any citizen or intended citizen can pick out any land up to 160 acres and have it if they grow crops there and live there for 5 years.
    Pacific raiway act- gave land to railway companies to build railways across the west
    Morill act- land sold for agricultura and enganeering colages
  • Period: to

    railroads built lurring settlers

    railroads built. settlers lured in
  • Thousads of American families move west for the great plains

    Thousads of American families move west for the great plains
  • Period: to

    locust swarm

    locust swarm in causing trouble for farmers
  • willa cather born

    willa cather a soon to be famous writer is born.
  • troops withdrawn from south

    troops withdrawn from south
  • Africans move south

    African americans trekk south
  • chinese farmers

    chinese from the gold ruch turn to farming
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    willa's books

    Willa Cathers Books being Published