Ranchers vs homesteaders (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards
📚Flashcards
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
ShowHide
Practise the cards
13 cards from this deck
Plains summer climate conditions
Plains summer climate conditions
Scorching heat and drought
Plains winter climate conditions
Plains winter climate conditions
Bitter cold that could be deadly
Main problem for Plains settlers
Main problem for Plains settlers
Severe lack of water/low rainfall
Plains sod characteristics
Plains sod characteristics
Thick, densely packed, hard to plough
Serious resource shortage on Plains
Serious resource shortage on Plains
Almost complete absence of trees/timber
Dugout homes location
Dugout homes location
Carved into hillsides
Sod houses construction material
Sod houses construction material
Blocks of prairie earth/sod
Sod house advantages
Sod house advantages
Excellent insulation, naturally fireproof
Sod house disadvantages
Sod house disadvantages
Hard to clean, insect infested, damp
Year barbed wire was patented
Year barbed wire was patented
1874
Barbed wire's importance for settlers
Barbed wire's importance for settlers
Cheap alternative to wooden fencing
Devastating insect threat to Plains crops
Devastating insect threat to Plains crops
Grasshopper plagues
California farming by 1850s vs Plains
California farming by 1850s vs Plains
Better conditions, exported wheat worldwide