Tenant Farmers - People come to Montana to own land rather than be, Land Title - Homesteaders had to fulfill certain obligations before gaining, Foreclose - If farms owners could not pay their bills the bank shall _____, Cooperatives - helped homesteaders get the departments and telephone access., Prove Up - Building homes and leaving on the land where requirements to, Dryland - Farming without watering system is called______, Topography - Land features such as hills and slopes is called, Precipitation - Moisture from snow and rain is called______, Irrigation - Human-made watering system is called_____, Fallowing - Digging up fields without planting is called___, Changed the landscape of Montana - Although the homestead boom in Montana lasted only a short time, Jefferson - The passage of 1862 Homestead Act supported President, Moist and region - The 98th meridian to farmers because it divides the country into, The Land was too dry - At first people did not want to come to Montana because the land, Immigrant Farmers - Conflict in Europe and the outbreak of World War I affected Montana by increasing the number of, open up land for Homesteading - One goal of the Dawes Act of 1887 was to, as fertile land for farming - Northern Pacific and Great Northern railroads contributed the homesteading boom by promoting Montana, rainy period of the state - The pushed to bring homesteaders to Montana coincided with a wet, dryland farming technique did not work - When drought came to Montana in 1917, homesteaders realized that the, end of Homesteading Era - Banks closure and the schools closing contributed to the, they learned to adopt the land of extremes - Although the majority of homesteaders eventually abandoned Montana, native grasslands of miles of railways to connect towns. - Homesteading dramatically changed the landscape of Montana by destroying, Homestead - Men were primarily responsible for the hard labor required to establish and maintain the, Farm work - Women played a crucial role in managing the household and assisting with, family's survival - children were expected to help with chores from a young age, contributing to the, Social factor - After 1918, many farmers in Montana left their homesteads due to a combination of economic, environmental, and, abandoned their farms - World War I, quickly faded, leading to an agricultural crisis that forced thousands to,

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