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Free land attracted settlers to the last frontier. The Homestead Act of 1862, offered 6-hectares to settlers who would occupy and improve the land. Farmers found that the land was more suitable to cattle ranches than farming, and soon all the free land belonged to cattlemen and the railroads.
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What year did thousands for settlers head for the great plains?
1783
A major problem faced by settlers on the Great Plains in the 1870s was?
The scarcity of water.
How did settlers change the great plains?
By the time there was anyone settling the Great Plains in the 1800's few were European immigrants. The settlement of the plains came as small homesteads and farms. The plains still exist as it did over a 100 years ago. Great expanses of grasslands still exist and the ruts of covered wagon wheels can still be seen. Most of the people were heading to California , Oregon, or Washington instead of staying in the plains area. Life in,the plains was hard with no trees, little water, and the weather could range from hot days to blizzards.
European settlers and Americans transformed the Great Plains from to?
natural grassland; fields of corn
Who settled the Great Plains?
On the great plains, the homes of settlers were called homesteads. These types of people were farmers, cowboys, miners and railroad workers. Also ranchers and single workers settled here.
