How did our view change of the
great plains
Change of Perspective
TREELESS
WASTELAND
VAST AREA TO BE
SETTLED
What are the physical features of
the great plains?
Flat lands
Low rainfall
Erosion
Dust storms
What are the reasons for
westward expansion?
Why did we move West?
Land
Adventure
Railroad
Gold
Escape discrimination
What are the new technologies
of the great plains
Windmills
Steel
Plow
Wheat
Farming
Railroads
Barbed Wire
Sod Houses
Reaper
Beef Cattle
Ranching
Windmill
Used to pump water out of the
ground
Barbed Wire
Types of fence used to protect crops
from cattle.
Sod House
Shelters made of dirt and grass
bricks
Reaper
Used to harvest wheat
Steel Plow
Used to dig deeply into the hard
soil
Dry Farming
Planting seeds deep in the soil
where it was still moist
Wheat Farming
Grown on the Great Plains because
it can survive with limited amounts
of water