1. (i) With the new technology, the settlers modified their implements to meet their requirements. (ii) In the mid-western prairie, simple ploughs were ineffective as it was covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots. (iii) To break the sod and turn the soil over, a variety of new ploughs wereRead more

    (i) With the new technology, the settlers modified their implements to meet
    their requirements.
    (ii) In the mid-western prairie, simple ploughs were ineffective as it was
    covered with a thick mat of grass with tough roots.
    (iii) To break the sod and turn the soil over, a variety of new ploughs were
    devised.
    By the early 20th century, the farmers in the Great Plains were using
    tractors and disk ploughs, clearing vast stretches for wheat cultivation.

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  2. (i) In the earl,v years, the fertile soil produced good crops. (ii) When the soil used to get exhausted, the migrants would move further west to explore new lands to raise a new crop. (iii) When the migrants reached the Great Plains across the Mississippi river, they settled down as this region, inRead more

    (i) In the earl,v years, the fertile soil produced good crops.
    (ii) When the soil used to get exhausted, the migrants would move further
    west to explore new lands to raise a new crop.
    (iii) When the migrants reached the Great Plains across the Mississippi river,
    they settled down as this region, in few decades, became a major wheat-producing
    area of America.

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  3. (i) As Indians were driven out, the white Americans came in successive waves. (ii) They settled on the Appalachian plateau and then moved into the Mississippi valley. (iii) They slashed and burnt forests, cleared the land for cultivation and built log cabins in the forest clearings. Then they ploughRead more

    (i) As Indians were driven out, the white Americans came in successive waves.
    (ii) They settled on the Appalachian plateau and then moved into the
    Mississippi valley.
    (iii) They slashed and burnt forests, cleared the land for cultivation and built
    log cabins in the forest clearings. Then they ploughed the cleared and
    fenced fields and sowed corn and wheat.

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  4. (i) Native American groups were nomadic as u,ell as settled. (ii) Many of them lived only by hunting, gathering and fishing; others cultivated corn, beans, tobacco and pumpkin. (iii) Some of them were expert trappers through whom the European traders secured their supplies of beaver fur since the 16Read more

    (i) Native American groups were nomadic as u,ell as settled.
    (ii) Many of them lived only by hunting, gathering and fishing; others
    cultivated corn, beans, tobacco and pumpkin.
    (iii) Some of them were expert trappers through whom the European
    traders secured their supplies of beaver fur since the 16th century.

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  5. (i) Enclosures had become necessary to make long-term investments on land and plan crop rotation to improve the soil. (ii) Enclosures also allowed the richer farmers to expand the land under' their control. (iii) They could produce more for the market to earn more profit.

    (i) Enclosures had become necessary to make long-term investments on
    land and plan crop rotation to improve the soil.
    (ii) Enclosures also allowed the richer farmers to expand the land under’
    their control.
    (iii) They could produce more for the market to earn more profit.

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