2. What changed the landscape of
Minnesota?
What is subsistence farming?
Why did new settlers come to Minnesota in
the 1870s and 1880s?
Did railroad inspectors always treat farmers
fairly?
What was it about the sod that served to
protect the rich soil below?
3. What was the purpose of the Grange and
other cooperatives?
What was Sarah Tainter’s job on the farm?
What was John Tainter’s job on the farm?
What did “Empire Builder” James E. Hill
own?
What did organizer, Oliver H. Kelly start?
Speculator, Louis Fertile made a large
4. Give evidence to support this statement:
The arrival of the railroads had both a
positive and a negative effect on western
Minnesota.
Good -
Bad -
5. Why did farmers need a market for their
cash crops?
Why was the Grange important?
Who was settling in Minnesota after the
Civil War? Why?
What were some of the different ways that
settlers could get land?
6. What types of work did men, women and
children do on the farm?
Explain what subsistence farming is and
what diversified farming is? Give details
about both.
7. What types of work did men, women and
children do on the farm?
Explain what subsistence farming is and
what diversified farming is? Give details
about both.
