I-9:Farming Flashcards by Natalie Cross | Brainscape

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Pull

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Looking for better life
Advertisements far/near
Homestead Act- 1862

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Demographics

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Immigrants- Europe (Scandinavia)
Former slaves- “Exodusters”
Women- family/farm; laundry, bakery,etc

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Challenges + solutions

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Lack/cost of wood= sod homes
Wandering livestock= barbed wire
Sod covered land= new plow
Water access= windmill
New methods= Morrill Act> agricultural colleges

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