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Homesteaders (Problems & Solutions, Homestead acts, Push/ Pull, The…
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Problem/ Solution
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Problem; Lack of timber - nothing for houses, fences or heating
Solutions
Sod houses, made from sods of earth
In 1874, Barbed Wire was invented, and was cheap and easy to erect
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Lack of Education
Women taught children. As communities grew, female teachers arrived
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Push/ Pull
Political
PULL Federal Laws, e.g Homestead act
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Religious
PUSH Migrants from Europe were looking for religious freedom- Irish, Dutch and Jews
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Railroad
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Chinese workers were employed to tunnel through the US western mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and Rockies
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By 1880, the railroad had helped more than 200 million acres of land become settled on
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