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The Buffalo: Who were the first people to hunt buffalo on the plains?
White fur hunters
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P1: The buffalo calf was born in the 1900s.
False
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Prairie Comeback: What technique did farmers use to prevent soil erosion during dust storms?
Farmers used contour plowing, planting crops in curves instead of straight lines
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The Grass: The prairie grasses had shallow roots, which made them susceptible to drought.
False
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shark
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baam
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boom
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fairy
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The Buffalo: What happened to the land that the American government bought from the Indians?
The land was sold to settlers from the East and Europe.
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The Buffalo: What did Chief Sitting Bull mean when he said, "A cold wind blew across the prairie when the last buffalo fell"?
He meant that the loss of buffalo symbolized a death-wind for his people and their way of life on the plains.
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baam
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P1: By the early 1900s, the buffalo population had almost completely disappeared from North America.
True
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Prairie Comeback: Who was the president that helped save the buffalo in the early 1900s?
President Theodore Roosevelt
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The Grass: Steel plows and tractors helped preserve the prairie grasses by planting crops with deep roots.
False
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The Grass: The grasshoppers that arrived during the drought destroyed crops but would not have harmed the prairie grasses.
True
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Prairie Comeback: What is the name of the nature preserve in Kansas where native grasses and buffalo were restored?
The Tall Grass Prairie Preserve.
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The Grass: The settlers brought fences and cattle to the plains, which contributed to the damage of the grasslands.
True
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The Buffalo: How did the U.S. government try to weaken the Indians on the plains?
By encouraging soldiers and settlers to kill buffalo, which the Indians relied on for food, shelter, and clothing.
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