1. Name ______________________________________________________ Hour ___ -523875394335Sodbusters Sodbuster- (Also called a homesteader); A farmer who established a homestead on the Great Plains and built a house from cut bricks of sod: A shortage of materials How did settlers solve the problem of few trees to build their houses? African Americans Black homesteaders in Kansas were called _______________________________ Challenges of Water How did sodbusters adapt to the minimal rivers and lakes, in addition to shorter rainfall than back East? Lack of fuel What did homesteaders use to burn for cooking and heat? Plowing the land What improvement had to be made to plow the tough prairie sod? Crops were trampled How did sodbusters protect their property from large animal damage? Fires What did sodbusters do to protect against prairie fires? Plagues of insects How did sodbusters deal with insects that damaged their crops? Life was unhealthy With the scarcity of doctors, how did sodbusters get medical treatment? Homesteads were isolated How did sodbusters deal with the loneliness that accompanied their move out West?