Ag History

What president was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase?

Which act was passed to bring vocational education to public high schools?

What type of cotton was more difficult to separate the fibers from the seeds?

What did the land on the Louisiana Purchase first look like?

Which act was passed to set up a land grant college in each state dedicated to teaching Ag and Mechanics?

What 3 areas of education did the Smith-Hughes Act set up?

What percent of Americans today live and work on a farm?

Who invented the refrigerated railcar?

Before the reaper was invented, what device was used to harvest wheat?

In what year was the Smith Hughes Act passed?

The two main types of cotton are Upland and Sea Island.

In what year was the wheat reaper invented?

The land on the Louisiana Purchase was ideal for raising what?

Who invented the cotton gin?

Which act was passed to set up experiment/research stations at each land grant college?

This town in Kansas was one of the most important railheads on the West.

By hand, on average, how many pounds of cotton could one person separate in a day?

In what year was the Hatch Act passed?

Cotton was the US's _________ largest crop until the Civil War.

What year was barbed wire patented?

In what year was the Morrill Act passed?

The refrigerated railcar was invented to allow cattle to be slaughtered in the Midwest and the meat sent to the East.

In what year was the cotton gin invented?

In what year was the 2nd Morrill Act passed?

Which act was passed to establish land grant colleges in the south for African Americans?

Who invented barbed wire?

By the 1850s, the US grew about what proportion of the world’s cotton supply?

What President was elected in 1860 who sought out to abolish slavery?

Who invented the wheat reaper?