The 1930’s was a miserable decade. During this time‚ dust storms swept the nation‚ which were both destructive‚ and massive. Over farming made the soil very poor. American citizens migrated to California in the hundreds of thousands. In short‚ over farming led to gargantuan dust storms causing the dust bowl‚ forcing the development of new farming techniques‚ and government programs. In fact‚ dust storms got so bad‚ life in the thousands were dying from dust pneumonia and suffocation (The Dust Bowl
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History Research Paper 1-3 The Battle at Wounded Knee The Massacre at Wounded Knee The Massacre at Wounded Knee was a terrible battle in American History. This massacre was between the Native Americans and the US government. Back then; the US government hated Native Americans. They would treat Native Americans horribly by killing them‚ stealing their land and much more. One early and freezing morning on December 29th‚ 1890‚ an elderly chief
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Portrait with a Gray Felt Hat”. This portrait showed that he reached the peak of his new painting technique. He also applied brush strokes of different contrast colors such as blues‚ oranges‚ yellow‚ white‚ lilac‚ sky blue‚ and green. In June 1888‚ Vincent was interested in the night of Sainte- Maries in Arles that he decided to paint the beautiful view of the night. It was the " Night Cafe" which Vincent stated in the letter to Theo :" equivalent‚ though different‚ of the " Potato Eaters" and
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Kaiser Wilhelm II was the monarchical leader of Germany from June 1888 until its 1918 annihilation in World War I.Numerous students of history consider Wilhelm the individual most in charge of the episode of war – as much as one individual can be. Sentiments about this do fluctuate‚ by the by there is an agreement that Wilhelm II’s brash‚ goal-oriented and forceful administration was a basic variable. His imperialistic and nationalistic plan in the late 1800s and mid 1900s fueled pre-war political
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Enlightenment traditions but always driving thinking forward in what Andrew Sherratt characterised as the "European cultural dialectic". The mid-20th century belonged to Modernists bent on determining order and progression in landscape evolution. A blizzard of aerial photographs captured by the pioneers of aviation opened up exciting new vistas and a wealth of previously unsuspected remains. The meticulous historical geography of W.G. Hoskins‚ epitomised by his The Making of the English Landscape in
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event orobject that is a potential source of harm to a community. A disaster occurs as the result of ahazardous event that dramatically affects a community. There are six broad types of hazards:1. Atmospheric Ð for example‚ cyclones‚ hailstorms‚blizzards or bushfires2. Hydrological Ð for example‚ flooding‚ waveaction or glaciers3. Geological Ð for example‚ earthquakes orvolcanoes4. Biological Ð for example‚ disease epidemicsand plagues5.Technological Ð for example‚ accidents‚ explosionsor hazardous
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One late night on November 19‚ 1986 there was an intense blizzard casting its cold winter snow over Newtown‚ Connecticut‚ but that wasn’t the only thing cold brewing In Newtown that night. ’Twas the night that the famous “wood chipper murder” came to be. Richard Craft‚ an airplane pilot‚ was married to Helle Craft‚ a stewardess. They were married for many years‚ and had 3 children. Helle suspected Richard was being unfaithful so she hired someone to investigate her husband. Sure enough the private
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Weathers effect of the Civil War Weather had a great impact on every aspect of the Civil War. People‚ soldiers and civilians alike‚ wrote about the weird weather. The Civil War occurred not too long after the Little Ice Age. The Little Ice Age was a period of time‚ 1310-1850‚ that had intensely cold winter with easterly winds‚ then heavy rains with raging heat. Weather was probably the greatest impact in the Civil War by far. It directly and indirectly determine the outcomes of everything. One
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like Nevada the temperature during summer may reach 109°F‚ while in winter the temperature was recorded −79.8 °F in Alaska. People always worry about hurricanes and tornados at the end of summer; in contrast they are worried about snow storms and blizzard in winter. The sun in summer always shines and the day is longer than the night. However‚ clouds cover the sky and the night becomes longer than the day in winter. Because of the weather‚ people tend to change food and clothing from summer to winter
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Is driving in the winter worse than driving in the summer? In the winter‚ below freezing temperatures in the northern hemisphere lead to dangerous icy roads. Navigating your way around in a blizzard becomes a difficult and high-risk situation because of the frost on the windshield and the lack of visibility. The subzero temperatures commonly cause black ice‚ black ice is not actually black‚ it’s just visually transparent. This ice is highly dangerous because it will cause you to slide if driven on
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