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kellyjaisingh

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One important development that greatly aided the settlement and economic development of West Texas and the high plains in the late nineteenth century was __________.
 
  A. the use of an improved type of windmill
  B. the creation of irrigation districts and large irrigation canals
  C. new breakthroughs in scientific agriculture
  D. the creation of an extensive state highway system in the region

Question 2

The man who invented barbed wire was __________.
 
  A. Oran M. Roberts
  B. Joseph F. Glidden
  C. Edmund J. Davis
  D. Charles Goodnight



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B



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