... the most profitable jobs at this time in history. Between 1870 and 1900 farming became a major source of income for most people. Most settled into farms on the Great Plains where it was cheaper to farm because they didn't need fences, and the land was cheaper. Homestead Act - In 1862 the ... Homestead Act was passed, providing 160 acres of public land free to any adult citizen or head of family who had lived on the land for five years. Ghost Dance Movement - This was brought about by a Paiute prophet named Wovoka in 1888. Wovoka announced ... constitutional governments. When they came t...

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... ideal for commercial agriculture and it based its whole economy on its harvest. If the southern economy was based on farming and crops the move by many southerners to large farms and plantations was logical, the more crops you grow the more financially successful you are. These large landholdings are the root of where slavery originated. The large ... farms owned by southerners needed many laborers to tend to their fields. Slavery seemed to be a rational and practical form of labor that would fit the south's every needs. Hence, slavery ... sell the slave to a different plantation furt...

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... freedom. The upper South supplied a high proportion of the fugitives. They were usually young adults, male, free, and highly skilled; family flights were rare. Traveling by night to avoid detection, "escapees- used the North Star for guidance. Usually they required isolated "stations- (farms) or "vigilance committee- agents in towns, where sympathetic free blacks could effectively hide them. When possible, "conductors- met them ... was Little Eva, a white child who treats her slaves with love and kindness, and dies surrounded by weeping servants. Stowe wrote in her book descriptions of ...

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... of the southwest. Robert Newsom, like many other settlers of the west, came to Missouri between 1819 and 1822 in search of wealth and a better life for him and his family. "Robert had made his westward journey with his wife, whose name we do not know, and son Harry and daughter Virginia both of whom were born in Virginia." (2) The Newsom ... 's settled in Callaway County by eighteen twenty two where Robert built his farm at. During the time that Robert Newsom and family settled there, Callaway County was gaining more and more farmers to its rich and fertile land. In Callaway County in th...

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... called slave owners or masters. Slaves didn't really have any rights. Slave owners would whip slaves who complained. Owners could sell slaves for money at auctions. Many slaves worked on farms called plantations. In the South, slavery was legal, which means it was okay by law. In the north, slavery was illegal, which means it was against the law. At age ... to freedom using the people and safe houses of the Underground Railroad. It took her about a week to get to Pennsylvania, a free state. After Harriet became free, she led her family and her friends to freedom. She became the "conduct...

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... was greatly helped by the expansion of the railroad system. The railroad became one of the main and most efficient ways to transport farmers produce. This was especially helpful to farms in remote locations. The expanded railroad system enabled farmers to produce more crops because of the greater potential shipping locations that became available. This also made products such as corn ... , which lead to more jobs being available to people. These cities also generated more people coming in by train. It provided people with a time efficient way to travel to visit family and take trips. In ...

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... American slaves. Most farmers in the south had no more than the twenty slaves on there plantation, these farms were only about 150-200 acres large. The owners of these plantation were not of great wealth, they lived modest lives and provided for there family, man did not even live in very nice homes at all. There was about 10,000 families ... ...

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... was based mainly on agriculture. Huge plantations produced much of the crops that fed the nation. Blacks brought over from Africa worked these plantations. Whites less well off settled smaller farms and had fewer slaves. The crops that were grown were sold in markets close by because transportation was difficult. The one major change in the economy of the south after ... the freedmens" lives. The women were no longer forced to work long days in the fields. This role reversal was a major step because now blacks could make strides to form a family instead of being property to the owners. ...

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