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History - American West

Module 1 · Text John Iliff
Module 2 · Text Goodnight-Loving trail
Module 3 · Text Joseph McCoy and Abilene
Module 4 · Text Gold Prospecting
Module 5 · Text Wild Bill Hickok
Module 6 · Text Civil War
Module 7 · Text The Homestead Act
Module 8 · Text Pacific Union Railroad Act
Module 9 · Text Why Did People MIgrate West
Module 10 · Text Manifest Destiny
Module 11 · Text Donner Party
Module 12 · Text Mormons
Module 13 · Text Farming You are here
Module 14 · Text Fort Laramie Treaty
Module 15 · Text Plains Indians: horses
Module 16 · Text Plains Indians: warfare
Module 17 · Text Plains Indians: beliefs
Module 18 · Text Plains Indians: society
Module 19 · Text Plains Indians: family life
Module 20 · Text Buffalo
Module 21 · Text Cattle Industry
Module 22 · Text Time Line & Dates & Important Events

Close the course

Module 13 of 22 · Text

Farming

holly franko

land in oregon and california fertile
US government wanted to help settlers farm on the plains of nebraska and kansas

problems

drought
infertile land
limited space
hard ground
hilly not flat