Need help with this: What was one of the greatest deceptions in American history?
That plowing would make the land drier
That rain would follow the plow
4. What invention was partly responsible for the conflict between ranchers and farmer?
Barbed wire
Steel tipped plow
5. What had replaced the image of independent farm families by the end of the 19th Century?
Commercial ranching
Commercial farms
6. Where was the wheat from the large farms in California shipped?
Eastern cities like New York
Around the cape to Liverpool, England
7. What was the result of worldwide overproduction of agricultural goods?
A drop in prices
A rise in prices
8. Who became increasingly discontent with the drop in agricultural prices?
Farmers in the northeast and west
Framers on the Great Plains and in the South
9. What did the west provide in the capitalist society of America?
Raw materials/goods
Finished products/goods