In the 1930s‚ poor land management and neglectful farming practices led to severe soil erosion in the mid-western farming regions of the United States. Several non-eco-friendly farming practices led to severe topsoil erosion and depletion of minerals in the soil needed to maintain plant life. Without windbreaks to protect dry soil‚ lack of root systems to hold the soil into place; winds swept through the barren fields creating dust storms that carried precious topsoil across the country. The dust
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Book Report: Tornado The title of the book is the tornado. The author Betsy Byars wrote the story in 1996. A historical event that marked that time was one of the worst blizzards in American history‚ killing more than 150 people. The setting took place in the Midwest‚ on a farm‚ between 1920-1940. There are many characters‚ but there is only one real main character (the dog). The main character is not based on a real animal‚ but several animals. This story is an example of fiction‚ because it’s not
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Nicknamed The Lone Star State‚ Texas is the second largest U.S state‚ and is bordered by the U.S states of New Mexico‚ Arkansas‚ Louisiana‚ and Oklahoma‚ along with four Mexican states. Early exploration in the region began with Spanish explorers Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Francisco Vasquez de Coronado in the 16th and 17th centuries. In the 1680s‚ the French‚ led by Robert Cavalier La Salle‚ made it to the region of Matagorda Bay‚ where they established a colony‚ but it failed to survive permanently
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alexis snodgrass block 4 8-30-17 Shawnee The Shawnee was a tribe that was originly from Tennesse. Later on the Shawny moved to other places such as Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ Ohio‚ South Carolina‚ Pennsylvania‚‚ and Kansas. Following the Civil War the Shawnee Tribe decided to start moving and blending into the Cherokee tribe. That blended them both which lead to the Cherokee Shawnee tribe. The Shwnee tribe moved around alot. Which ment they never really had permenat shelters. They usually lived in wigwams
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The first half of the twentieth century was full of devastation. The Dust Bowl‚ The Great Depression‚ and general national issues caused huge unrest and dissatisfaction among citizens during this time period. The stock market crash left the nation in a hole economically‚ and the Dust Bowl disintegrated the livelihood of many lives due to the destruction of soil and farmland. Many harsh feelings held by citizens were captured by literature‚ despite the government’s efforts to conceal the truth. One
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The author of the text Robert L. Kelly starts with how he was doing his first archaeological survey and it took place in Big Smoky Valley‚ which is in Nevada‚ United States. During his first archaeological survey the crew leader was Robert Bettinger. It was hot summer of 1973 and that was the first time and the leader of the Robert Kelly’s team asked if he saw ‘it’. Of course‚ by ‘it’ he meant the stone remains on the ground‚ or under the ground. That was exactly that time when the author of this
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The Large Plain Trees by Vincent Van Gogh was painted in 1889 when a street in Saint-Remy was being repaved. When we first look at this oil painting we see the large yellow trees which can help us identify that it must be fall but then as our eyes scan down we can see the white rubble‚ I initially thought this could have been snow‚ and the reflection of the trees in the puddles. Behind the trees we see people walking and the women wearing long dresses‚ what looks to be a horse and townhouses. We
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ratification of the United States Constitution is an integral part of American history. Moreover‚ the study of American history tends to neglect mentioning the “behind the scenes” that progressed the creation of America’s federated Constitutional Republic. “Plain‚ Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution” by Richard Beeman is designed to demonstrate the diversity amongst Founding Fathers’ beliefs‚ intentions‚ and contributions to the Constitution and government. The narrative styled historical nonfiction
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“Some Plain Facts about Americans and Their Language” by Dennis Preston Critical Analysis The following essay being summarized and analyzed “Some Plain Fact about Americans and Their Language” by Dennis Preston was originally published in the Winter 2000 issue of the journal American Speech. During the time of this article being published‚ Preston was a professor at Michigan State University. This essay is a research piece on Americans from different regions of the United States and their opinion
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As a result of technological development and government actions the Plains Indians suffered many losses. Most notably‚ the expansion of the railroad led to a severe loss of the Indian population as well as their culture and way of life which depended heavily on the buffalo. Railroad expansion brought white settlers to lands which were nearby to pre-existing Indian territories. This caused much conflict between Native Americans and whites who wanted to claim the land. Indians also experienced
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