the US government encouraged the settlement of the great plains with the homestead act of 1862, promising 160 acres to any family that stays and cultivates the land for 5 years
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Because of the dust bowl duststorm
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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.
Many farmers left the great plain because the dust bowl caused droughts and that was really bad for agriculture or farming
great plains suffered a drought that lasted for years. Farmers lost their farms and traveled to find work