The completion of the railroads to the West following the Civil War opened up large areas of the region to settlement and economic development. White settlers from the East across the Mississippi to mine, farm, and ranch. African-American settlers also came West from the Deep South, convinced by promoters of all-black Western towns that prosperity could be found there. Chinese railroad workers further added to the diversity of the region's population.
Settlement from the East transformed the Great Plains. The huge herds of American bison that roamed the plains were virtually wiped out, and farmers plowed the natural grasses to plant wheat and other crops. The cattle industry rose in importance as the railroad provided a practical means for getting the cattle to market.
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Innovations and Innovations for Plains Farmers--
Group # 2
Homestead Act 1862
Morrill Act 1862
Group # 3
A Farmers Life on the Great Plains
Group # 4
Oklahoma Land Rush
Barbed Wire
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