Lecture 6 - Agriculture's Advance

"Abraham Lincoln may have freed all Americans, but Samuel Colt made them all equal." - Anonymous

Before smoke and death were fully cleared from the eastern battlefields, recently reunited Americans accelerated their westward migration.

Guided by a patchwork of Federal policies, settlers traveled by rail and overwhelmed indigenous people, overturning an ancient way of life.

Technology's power to "cull" 30 million buffalo to less than 85 (total) in a matter of years signaled a new era in human history, and the government's focus turned toward transforming the food system and ending famines forever.

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