I-9:Farming Flashcards

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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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