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    The Dust Bowl happened between the years of 1931 and 1939. The Dust Bowl was a period of time where 150‚000-square-miles of the Oklahoma and Texas panhandle and parts of Kansas‚ Colorado‚ and New Mexico had little rainfall‚ light soil‚ and high winds‚ causing devastating effects on the land and people that lived there. There have been many discoveries and advances that can help prevent a future “Dust Bowl”‚ but the US could experience the Dust Bowl again. We have come a long way from the Dust Bowl

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    Dust Bowl The lives of millions were changed when the dust came to town. Crops were lost. Lives were lost. Human dignity was in short supply. This event‚ which caused dust to squeeze into the tiniest of places‚ was called the Dust Bowl‚ and no one was immune from its fury. The Dust Bowl‚ caused mainly by poor farming practices‚ had a devastating effect on Oklahoma‚ but the government intervened and implemented methods to keep another Dust Bowl from occurring. During World War I farmers were asked

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    Picture this: A drought had been going on for months. The only way to get fresh water is from the tiny water tower in Michigan Avenue. People are struggling to get food and water everyday and it’s ridiculously hot. Could it get any worse? The answer is yes as the whole city of Chicago burned down October 8th—October 9th in 1871. Millions of Chicagoans left homeless and only because of one cause — Natural Causes. (History.com) The Great Chicago Fire started because of natural causes. There was

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    The Dust Bowl was a devastating destruction of homes‚ farms‚ and families in the mid-western states. The Dust Bowl was a catastrophic event that occurred in Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ and Kansas. It was a major event in history that caused people to pass away and get deadly sick. The Dust Bowl was a destruction of major crops‚ families‚ and houses. The Dust Bowl was an event that lasted longer than a decade! The Dust Bowl‚ also known as the Dirty Thirties‚ was a period of severe dust storms that greatly hurt

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    The ancient Maya civilization once occupied a vast geographic area in Central America. Their civilization extended to parts of what is now Mexico‚ Honduras‚ and El Salvador‚ and most of Guatemala and Belize. There are many studies and predictions to the collapse of the Mayan civilization. The Maya were a highly developed civilization spanning from almost 2000 B.C.E to 1200 A.D. The decline of their civilization provides important insight into the importance of sustainable development. The importance

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    "The Lamp at Noon" is a short story that focuses on the reality of the desiccated‚ secluded‚ and expansive prairies. Set on the haunting Canadian prairies‚ weather emulates the emotions of Ellen‚ a housewife desperate for freedom of the dustbowl lifestyle. The authority of wind and dust seem to taunt Ellen and her husband‚ Paul‚ into desperation. Ross applies symbolism across the pages of "The Lamp at Noon" to inform the reader of the lonely emotions that are wrought by the desolate and barren prairies

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    Cry‚ The Beloved Country‚ by Alan Paton‚ contains numerous comparisons between two different yet similar locations in South Africa. Each comparison further shows the deviation between the thoughts and traditions of old and new. The main conflicts in the novel revolve around the differences of two locations‚ Ndotsheni and Johannesburg‚ which represent the thoughts of the old and traditional ways‚ with the contradicting lifestyle and thoughts of the modern and progressive age. These thoughts are what

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