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| Cotton was the US's _____________ largest cash crop until the Civil War. |
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| Name the 2 main types of cotton discussed in class |
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| Which type of cotton was more difficult to separate the fibers from the seeds and chaff? |
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| By hand, on average, how many pounds of cotton could one person separate a day? |
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| Who invented the cotton gin? |
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| In what year was the cotton gin invented? |
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| What was the name cotton gin short for? |
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| Describe how the cotton gin worked. |
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| Crank attached to a spindle with metal teeth that grabbed and separated fibers |
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| By the 1850s, the US grew about what proportion of the world's cotton supply? |
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| Who invented the horse-drawn wheat reaper? |
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| What device was used for cutting wheat prior to the invention of the reaper? |
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| In what year was the wheat reaper invented? |
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| What percent of Americans today live and work on farm? |
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| In what decade was the Civil War? |
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| What president was elected in 1860 who aimed to end slavery? |
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| Following the Civil War, name 1 of the ways that southern plantations had to compensate for no longer having slaves. |
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| 1) forced to downsize 2) planted easier crops 3)indenture servants |
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| What president was responsible for buying Louisiana Purchase? |
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| What did the land on the Louisiana Purchase first look like? |
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| Prairies covered in native grasses and rolling hills |
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| The land on the Louisiana Purchase was ideal for raising what? |
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| What is the term for the stations along the railroad where cowboys could drive their cattle and load them on a train? |
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| This town Kansas was one of the most important railheads in the "West." |
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| Who invented barbed wire? |
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| In what year was barbed wire invented? |
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| 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. |
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| 1) Death Loss 2)Bruising 3)Crippling Injuries |
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| What was invented that allowed cattle to be slaughtered in the Midwest and the meat to be sent to the East? |
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| What was the Morrill Act? |
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| Set up a land grant college in each state dedicated to teaching of ag & mechanics |
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| In what year was the Morrill Act passed? |
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| What college in Nebraska was established because of the Morrill Act? |
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| University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
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| What did the Hatch Act do? |
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| Established ag experiments station |
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| In what year was the Morrill Act passed? |
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| In what year was the 2nd Morrill Act passed? |
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| What the 2nd Morrill Act so? |
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| Established land grant colleges in southern states for minorities |
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| What did the Smith-Lever Act do? |
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| Established the Cooperative Extension Service |
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| In what year was the Smith-Lever Act passed? |
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| What did the Smith-Hughes Act do? |
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| Established vocational education in public schools |
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| In what year did the Smith-Hughes Act get passed? |
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| What 3 areas of education di Smith-Hughes fund? |
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| Ag ed, Home ec, and industrial tech |
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| What was required by Smith-Hughes that allowed ag teachers to have 12-month contracts? |
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| What was the Memorandum of Understanding? |
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| Distinguished the differences between ag ed and extension service. |
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| The Vocational Education Act of 1963 replaced what other piece of legislation? |
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| What was the name of the 3 acts in the 1900s that revised the education act and provided funding ag programs? |
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| Louis Pasteur developed what method of sanitizing and preserving milk which helped stop people from becoming sick after drinking it? |
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| 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? |
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| Who invented the steel plow that was able to break the tough sod of the Midwest |
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| 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 |
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| During World War 11, how were farms able to stay productive even though the farmers left to fight in the war? |
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| Women took over the farms |
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