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| What are the physical features and climate of the Great Plains? |
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Definition
-Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west
-Land eroded by wind and water
-Low rainfall
-Frequent dust storms |
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Term
| Before the Civil War, how did people view the Great Plains? |
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Definition
| The area was considered a "treeless wasteland"- not a good place to settle. |
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Term
| How did perceptions of the Great Plains change after the Civil War? |
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Definition
| New technologies allowed people to see the Great Plains not as a "treeless wasteland" but as a vast area to be settled. |
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| What were some of the technologies and inventions that allowed people to settle in the Great Plains after the Civil War? |
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Definition
-barbed wire
-steel plows
-dry farming
-sod houses
-beef cattle raising
-wheat farming
-windmills
-railroads |
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