encounters among Indians‚ Euro-Americans and the Great Plains environment”(Isenburg‚ 1). There are three main themes and topics that are focused on in the duration of this novel‚ all-relating back to the thesis. The major themes and topics that are explored are‚ the impact of environmental instability‚ man vs. nature‚ and the negative aspects of cultural integration. First‚ Isenburg focuses in on the impact of environmental instability. The Great Plains were a place where indeed the Bison and forage (short-grasses)
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easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land. The Homestead Acts entitled homesteaders to 160 acres of free land as long as they cleared and farmed it. Homesteaders then rushed to claim land in the Great Plains‚ made possible by pumping water out of the ground‚ which eventually became the world’s most productive wheat-growing region in the world. Miners would also move west whenever and wherever gold or silver was discovered. They were responsible for fast-growing
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factors is drought. During the Dust Bowl and the 1930’s there were four major periods of drought. The first lasted from 1930 to 1931‚ the second occurred in 1934‚ the third in 1936‚ and the last period of drought lasted from 1939 to 1940. The Great Plains had experienced periods of drought before and no major problems had occurred‚ so the main problem was that the farmers did not have enough time in between the periods of drought to recover because they were so close together. Another issue was that
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The Forgotten Truth of the Dirty-Thirties HIS-190 19 November‚ 2010 When you consider the disaster of the American Dust Bowl of the Dirty Thirties on the Great Plains‚ no wonder Stephen Long of 1821 concluded that the American West was “almost wholly unfit for cultivation‚ and of course uninhabitable by a people depending upon agriculture for their subsistence.”1 It seems that Timothy Egan’s book‚ The Worst Hard Times‚ hit the nail right on the head as to the cause of the worst natural disaster
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to destroy the economy even more‚ but that is exactly what they got. The “Dust Bowl” drought is one of the worst climatic events in the history of the United States drought which devastated the United States central states region known as the Great Plains. The Dust Bowl worsened the already depressed American economy in the 1930’s‚ causing millions of dollars in damages. What caused this catastrophic event that put the central states in such a state of poverty? You cannot understand the Dust Bowl
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Olisae Udemadu May 16‚ 2013 Core 2 The early 1900’s were a time of turmoil for farmers in the United States‚ especially in the Great Plains region. After the end of World War I‚ overproduction by farmers resulted in low prices for crops. When farmers first came to the Midwest‚ they farmed as much wheat as they could because of the high prices and demand. Of the ninety-seven acres‚ almost thirty-two million acres were being cultivated. The farmers were careless in their planting of the crop‚ caring
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were struck with the Depression‚ however‚ families living across the Southern great plains were not only struck with Depression‚ but also by 300 dust storms that ruined all their land. The main reasons for the cause of the Dust Bowl were the geography of the Southern Great Plains‚ heavy machinery‚ and extremely dry climate. One of the main causes of the Dust Bowl was the geography of the Southern Great Plains. A sheepherder from the west said‚ “Grass is what holds the Earth together.” (Doc B)
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cheap land‚ farmers engulfed the Southern Plains and began to plow the land to grow wheat‚ not taking into consideration the climate and soil or ecology of the land; and there was the biggest mistake made in the Dust Bowl. During the drought of the 1930s‚ the soil was turned into dust and the wind blew the dust in huge clouds‚ which would sometimes cause the sky to blacken‚ giving it the name “black blizzard.” Dust storms mostly affected areas of Texas‚
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Indians adapted the horse lifestyle but were not as intermingled with them as the Comanche Indians. The Comanche Indians originated in the Northern Shoshones but were attracted to the abundance of buffalo and warm weather in the southern plains. When these Plains Indians acquired the horse‚ their migration to the south was much easier and quicker process than it would have been on foot. The horse was a dominant part in the lives of these Indians.4 With the movement into the new territory‚
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that leaves less space to irrigate the land and to allow moisture to enter the soil. Therefore‚ resulting in arid fields. In the 1930‘s there was huge drought in the Great Plains. A decreased amount of precipitation was another main cause of the Dust Bowl. Without precipitation‚ it is very hard to grow crops. The Great Plains already has a semi-arid climate and without the much need rain‚ this area turned into a “bowl” of dust. The average precipitation according to John Wesley Powell is 20 inches
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