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Agriculture
7th Grade
01/27/2015

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Cotton was the US's _____________ largest cash crop until the Civil War.
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2nd
Term
Name the 2 main types of cotton discussed in class
Definition
Sea island & Upland
Term
Which type of cotton was more difficult to separate the fibers from the seeds and chaff?
Definition
Upland
Term
By hand, on average, how many pounds of cotton could one person separate a day?
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1
Term
Who invented the cotton gin?
Definition
Eli Whitney
Term
In what year was the cotton gin invented?
Definition
1794
Term
What was the name cotton gin short for?
Definition
Cotton engine
Term
Describe how the cotton gin worked.
Definition
Crank attached to a spindle with metal teeth that grabbed and separated fibers
Term
By the 1850s, the US grew about what proportion of the world's cotton supply?
Definition
3/4
Term
Who invented the horse-drawn wheat reaper?
Definition
Cyrus McCormick
Term
What device was used for cutting wheat prior to the invention of the reaper?
Definition
Scythe
Term
In what year was the wheat reaper invented?
Definition
1831
Term
What percent of Americans today live and work on farm?
Definition
less than 2%
Term
In what decade was the Civil War?
Definition
1860s
Term
What president was elected in 1860 who aimed to end slavery?
Definition
Abe Lincoln
Term
Following the Civil War, name 1 of the ways that southern plantations had to compensate for no longer having slaves.
Definition
1) forced to downsize 2) planted easier crops 3)indenture servants
Term
What president was responsible for buying Louisiana Purchase?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
What did the land on the Louisiana Purchase first look like?
Definition
Prairies covered in native grasses and rolling hills
Term
The land on the Louisiana Purchase was ideal for raising what?
Definition
Cattle
Term
What is the term for the stations along the railroad where cowboys could drive their cattle and load them on a train?
Definition
Railheads
Term
This town Kansas was one of the most important railheads in the "West."
Definition
Abilene
Term
Who invented barbed wire?
Definition
Joseph Glidden
Term
In what year was barbed wire invented?
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1874
Term
Name 2 of the 3 things that resulted from cattle trampling each other in railcars on their way to the slaughter house in the East.
Definition
1) Death Loss 2)Bruising 3)Crippling Injuries
Term
What was invented that allowed cattle to be slaughtered in the Midwest and the meat to be sent to the East?
Definition
Refrigerated Railcar
Term
What was the Morrill Act?
Definition
Set up a land grant college in each state dedicated to teaching of ag & mechanics
Term
In what year was the Morrill Act passed?
Definition
1862
Term
What college in Nebraska was established because of the Morrill Act?
Definition
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Term
What did the Hatch Act do?
Definition
Established ag experiments station
Term
In what year was the Morrill Act passed?
Definition
1887
Term
In what year was the 2nd Morrill Act passed?
Definition
1890
Term
What the 2nd Morrill Act so?
Definition
Established land grant colleges in southern states for minorities
Term
What did the Smith-Lever Act do?
Definition
Established the Cooperative Extension Service
Term
In what year was the Smith-Lever Act passed?
Definition
1914
Term
What did the Smith-Hughes Act do?
Definition
Established vocational education in public schools
Term
In what year did the Smith-Hughes Act get passed?
Definition
1917
Term
What 3 areas of education di Smith-Hughes fund?
Definition
Ag ed, Home ec, and industrial tech
Term
What was required by Smith-Hughes that allowed ag teachers to have 12-month contracts?
Definition
SAE
Term
What was the Memorandum of Understanding?
Definition
Distinguished the differences between ag ed and extension service.
Term
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 replaced what other piece of legislation?
Definition
Smith-Hughes
Term
What was the name of the 3 acts in the 1900s that revised the education act and provided funding ag programs?
Definition
Perkins (1,2, and 3)
Term
Louis Pasteur developed what method of sanitizing and preserving milk which helped stop people from becoming sick after drinking it?
Definition
Pasteurization
Term
Temple Grandin has what disease that allowed her to think like an animal due to her sensitivity to sound, colors, and other sights, as well as being emotionally detached?
Definition
Autism
Term
Who invented the steel plow that was able to break the tough sod of the Midwest
Definition
John Deere
Term
This person was an African American who was born into slavery and after the Civil War developed thousands of plants by-products, more efficient fertilizers, peanut butter, and helped improve plant genetics
Definition
George Washington Carver
Term
During World War 11, how were farms able to stay productive even though the farmers left to fight in the war?
Definition
Women took over the farms
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