Question
The historical museum Bonanzaville, USA focuses on daily life near this river in the 19th century. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this river near which large, corporate wheat farms called bonanza farms operated. A set of ox cart routes known as this river’s namesake “Trails” connected the Selkirk Settlement with the Mississippi river.
ANSWER: Red River of the North [accept the Red River Trails; reject “Red River of the South”]
[10e] Because he believed the Red River Valley needed large-scale irrigation, John Wesley Powell encouraged settlers to establish bonanza farms instead of these family owned farms that were given to settlers by an 1862 act.
ANSWER: homesteads [accept Homestead Act of 1862]
[10m] Two answers required. Inventions like the seed drill and mechanical devices that perform these two tasks greatly increased wheat production in the 19th century. Combine harvesters perform these two tasks.
ANSWER: reaping AND threshing [prompt on partial answers]
<History - American History>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 33% | 17% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ McMaster | 11/17/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 20% | 20% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
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