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CLEP US History II

Category - Agriculture

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Which region of the country was settled en masse during the agricultural boom of the mid-to-late 19th century?
  1. Deep South
  2. Great Plains
  3. West Coast (primarily California and Oregon)
  4. Southwest
  5. Great Lakes
Explanation
Answer: B - The Great Plains saw the greatest increase in settlement during the agricultural boom because the government was selling tracts of farmland in the region to citizens for pennies on the acre so that the country could make use of the open, fertile land. Due to its rich heritage as farmland and the predominance of grain production in the region, the Great Plains came to be known as the Breadbasket of America.
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