Settling the Great Plains

4. Neatly cuts and binds sheaves of grain at Harvest time
6. What did the Plains offer the Settler
7. African Americans who headed west became __________
10. Henry Adams and Benjamin Singleton helped organize what
12. What is another name for the Great Plains
13. By the look and smell of the rich soil, what did the settlers think would thrive in this land
14. What was the name of the town where about 700 black settlers came from Kentucky
16. the unusual amount of ________ helped crops flourish
17. invented in 1837, made it easier to cut through prairie sod
19. What did they call the houses

1. Was when nearly 50,000 people lined up at the Oklahoma Border line
2. Who formed New communities and bought Farmland after they came to Kansas
3. Worked as cowboys in Texas
5. Was when they would plant every other year in a field to preserve soil moisture
8. What destroyed all of the crops
9. What did they replace their dugouts and Soddies when farmers could afford lumber
11. The Great Plains region typically had a ______ climate
15. Who became known as exodusters
18. Pumped water from deep wells for household use and irrigation