11.2 Farming the Plains

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Across
  1. 5. the last large territory for settlement had people racing to stake claims in this event
  2. 8. A name given to Great Plains farmers
  3. 9. Contruction and development of ______ stimulated growth
  4. 10. A frequent danger of living on the Great Plains
  5. 11. This innovation knocked kernels loose from stalks
Down
  1. 1. A large, highly profitable wheat farm
  2. 2. Densely packed soil held together by grass roots
  3. 3. This provided a legal method for settlers to acquire a clear title to property on the frontier
  4. 4. A piece of US public land acquired by living on it and cultivating it
  5. 6. This natural disaster struck the plains in the late 1880s, destroying crops and ruining the soil
  6. 7. A way of farming dry land in which seeds are planted deep in the ground where there is some moisture