The Pros And Cons Of The Yuma Project

The land west of the Mississippi provided benefits for few people and imposed hardships to many. The land provided the people with rich natural resources and was the reason a majority of the people went west. Climatic changes and unexpected hardships made the voyage west and settlement in the west hard for many. The success of the settlements largely depended on the abundance of the natural resources and the changes in climate. The natural environment overall fueled the development of the

In contrast, the Transcontinental Railroad also has many negative effects. The worst of the effects were on the Native Americans. They lost their land because people believed for civilization the land had to be useful(document 1). Alternatively, the Native Americans might

The Cheyenne tribe was affected the most out all of the Indian tribes. They endured a lot of pain and suffering during the westward expansion. Westward expansion had a negative effect to the Indian tribes. The United States almost wiped out all the Indians in America. Cheyenne’s was pushed around for a long time before they started to rebel. “Even a small mouse has anger.” When the Cheyenne start to rebel they went into war. This became a turn in events to the Cheyenne tribe.

A positive humanitarian effect of westward expansion is that it increased a sense of patriotism. Although the treatment of the Native Americans was indeed in humane but during the times, the thought process was different. Many people agreed that Manifest destiny was justified because of the growing population and also it was a god given right. In addition, the white settler believed that it was their duty to help the Native Americans. This brought people together to set out on missions to do what they believe what they think is right. On the contrary, seeing the inhumane treatment of the Native Americans allowed more people to speak up and take a stand.The wars between the Native Americans and settlers could have potentially showed the any side the repercussions of violence bringing people together to find more convenient solutions. The idea of Manifest Destiny and movement of Westward expansion hit the Native American hard. As the movement westward increased, the discovery of gold on native American lands resulted in the

The Great Plains were home to many Native Americans and several animals, most importantly the buffalo. Life was peaceful for the Native Americans until the railroad started being built and Americans began to expand westward. The Great Plains at first were viewed at in a negative way by the Americans because they thought it was just a “useless wasteland.” Americans thought that this land was too dry for their farming and agriculture. As these railroads were built westward Americans realized how beneficial they actually were. For example, many settlers found no dry land, but millions of acres of fertile soil. Also, cattlemen saw an open range for cattle and the opportunities here started to open up. Although this land was already taken by both Native Americans and buffalo, that meant nothing to the new settlers as they planned to get rid of both of them (Doc 1). I thought that the expansion of the Great Plains was negative for the Indians, but also positive for the Americans. I believe that the expansion of the railroad was positive for the Americans because as I said earlier, it brought them new opportunities find better lives and better land. It was very negative for the Indian because Americans decided to invade their land and get rid of them and

The possibility of westbound extension and Manifest Destiny had positive and negative impacts on the governmental issues, society and the financial aspects of the United States and the Native Americans living there at the time. Strategies that were made and Presidents that were chosen supported the general population of the United States and the Native Americans had no real option except to experience the ill effects of the changing and the extending development. There were numerous political impacts of Manifest Destiny that molded the entire development westbound.

Native Americans were affected negatively in the United States Western Expansion. The Americans stripped the Natives from their culture, land, and the buffalo. From all that Native Americans onced lived all over the West were now living on reservations. The Natives suffered at the Sand Creek massacre, which killed over 200 Native Americans. Also another battle that affected the Native Americans negatively was the Battle of Little Bighorn. The battle was over the Sioux’s right to Sioux land with Sitting Bull as the Sioux war chief and spiritual leader and George A. Cluster as the commander of U.S troops. It wasn’t just land that affected the Natives it was also their culture. Natives boys had their culture stripped away. There clothes,

Another effect that the Indian Removal Act caused is that it changed how the Indians lived their lives. Initially, when the Indians first settled in their new lands they faced some difficulty trying to adapt. For example, when the Cherokee planted crops along Arkansas River, the crops were washed away because the river regularly flooded. For the Choctaws, they had to leave behind their homes, field, crops, and whatever livestock they possessed. For the Chickasaws, their was no land in the new Indian Territory for them to occupy, so they sold their land to the U.S. and used the money to lease land from the Choctaws. Now they can live on the annual money payments without the need to establish farms. To the Chickasaws, the removal led them to a cash economy and a political situation that lessened their dependance on the natural environment. The removal act caused the Cherokee to modify their farming methods to suit the new environment, caused the Choctaws to restock their supplies from scratch, and changed Chickasaws from a tribe that relied on agriculture to one that relied on business. Therefore, it changing how the Indians lived their lives.

When the Yuma Project began more people from different places migrated here. The invention of water canals became together providing water year long and when other places were dry people found the way to come here and live. Most of these people would work on the fields growing crops. The Yuma Project was important in many ways. One important factor is construction on the city. Over time there was not much places where people can enjoy the day or stay at a home. The results had people staying at these homes to work and make a living. When many canals were built there would be occurring floods. A flood hit in 1916 in the city of Yuma causing reconstruction on the city. When it was all payed for the buildings were built better. When the canals break free construction workers would use leaves to fix there problem. Canals were one of the other important sources in Yuma. The Laguna Dam was built resulting flowing water and irrigation issues were not more of an

At the time the economy was hurting because American Revolution just ended. The economy at the time was almost completely reliant on growing and selling cotton because there was a huge demand for it. The US government wanted to obtain more land that was suitable for growing cotton; the land that the Indians obtained was good fertile land and if the Americans could acquire that land they would be able to grow and sell more cotton, which would benefit the economy. The US government also identified that the land the Indians attained had gold on it and the Americans could mine that gold and sell it to benefit the economy. Economic gain was a huge deal for the American people and their very new country, and making Indian removal seem like it would solve many of the economic problems in United States was a very smart approach used by the government

There are many different ways irrigation has changed Yuma and the rest of Southern Arizona very drastically. Irrigation has existed in Southern Arizona and Yuma County since the 1800’s. Irrigation has been practiced in the Algodones Grant with a view to determine if gravity canals would be effective for irrigation. 50,000 to 60,000 acres are extremely fertile and are very capable of producing crops when there is a sufficient amount of water given for irrigation to take place. “Water is too valuable to use on farms” was a myth in the 1900’s about irrigation but there is 80% of the Colorado River water the is used in agriculture. Agriculture business in Yuma county has changed

After their journey to Oklahoma the Indians were moved onto reservations which were bad for them. Prior to the Dawes Act of 1887, the Indians had almost one hundred fifty million acres of land. When the act was passed, the Indians lost ninety million acres of land. The Indians were left with fifty three million acres of land, which would only be two percent of the land in North America (New). In a growing country many resources are needed. When there is not enough resources to fit a population they have to get stretched to meet the needs of the people. The Indians would not be able to survive on stretched resources in the confines of a reservation. The Indian Removal act was bad for the Indians because they were only limited to what they had on reservations which wouldn’t last them for

The economic goal was to create more and cleaner power. In addition, they wanted the Three Gorges Dam to improve shipping.

From 1970 to 2010 Yuma became the premier and dominant winter crop such as vegetables. Vegetables had an amazing growth from 1970 to 2010 as it went up from about 10% to over 70%. Jas. D. Schuyler said “The lands are extremely fertile and productive, and capable of producing enormous crops when provided with a sufficient supply of water for irrigation.” Irrigation also helped Yuma leave the ‘Wild West’ era behind and develop like a modern town but it still had an impact in the regional development. Creating the Laguna Dam also made Yuma one step closed to the future as also the steamboat era also came to an end. The users of the Colorado River became more aware of their use of the water and decided to improve in the deduction of the water use so the water supply would last longer. I feel like irrigation help the agriculturist improve their knowledge and realize that water may be good for the economy but also it can hurt

The reason why because not everything they did was successful. The dams would get destroyed every often and that was negative for Yuma County. So Yuma had to do was to fix them and had to build another dam that were powerful. When Yuma was forced on the Yuma Project. They had to fix the problem they had with Colorado River. Which they didn’t know about it. Later in life they found out about the crops in 1975 . The crops wasn’t complete to finish growing. So the income for the crop was $37million more than one half of the $66 million. “Although the 1975 crop census report is not completed, the income from crops produced in the project is estimated at $37million, more than one- half of the $66 million.”They had to fixed the problem for the project. In 1903, there was the Hoover dam which was not part of the Yuma project. The Hoover dam did help Yuma County by control the water. Yuma had a lot of floods in the past. That’s why it help Yuma County. Another thing that the Yuma project had a negative on Yuma Country was when in January 18, 1916. They had a really large flood this day. The flood came from the Gila River and then by January 22. The flood went over 800 feet. “A large flood hit Yuma project in