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The North American Prairie Part One: a. the location of the North American Prairies: • All areas of the American Prairie include North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. (Wikipedia.org) B. Basic environmental conditions: • About 12.6 inches of rain in the short grass prairies and about 21 in tall grass prairies. Really dry in the summer months. Strong winds throughout the whole year. Fires

The first cause of the Dust Bowl was deep plowing. Plowing is when a machine is drawn and used to cut soil with the process of turning it over. The purpose of plowing was to give farmers the fresh nutrients needed to the surface while still burying weeds. What this did was push down previous crops in order for them to break down. Deep plowing was not effectively used my farmers. In the 1930s, farmers believed in the myth "rain follows the plow." With expectations of rainfall in the near future farmers

During the Great Depression, the Midwest suffered through a massive drought and dust storms - becoming known as the "Dust Bowl." As a result, refugees from the Midwest were forced to move elsewhere in the United States. Sharecroppers During the 1920s, the Midwest had sustained a strong period of agricultural growth. Several years of "wet seasons" allowed the farming industry to flourish - along with a high demand for goods. Sharecroppers would work the land (on behalf of a landlord) and produce

A significant part of the mainstream comprehension of the Plains Indians is in view of the far reaching and omnipresent writing on Lakota Sioux. Different tribes, for example, the Crows (Absarokee), the Arapaho, or Gros Ventres have a tendency to be disregarded. Particularly, Crows. These lovely individuals were THE primary adversary of the Lakota and albeit simply a small amount of their number, the Crows were extremely fruitful in bothering the Sioux groups and keeping them under control. These

Black Kettle is a well known traditional Cheyenne peace chief. Black Kettle is traditional because peace is the traditional Cheyenne culture and most other Cheyenne chiefs fight and that is why Black Kettle is traditional. He was born in 1802 in the Black Hills of present day South Dakota. Black Kettle is famous for being a peacemaker, the tribal chief of the Southern Cheyenne, and Chief of the Council of Forty-four. There isn’t a lot of information about Black Kettle’s early life. He was born

I am Captain Gadde and I am a English soldier. I was creating a new colony in the new world. This is my story... I am getting these supplies for many reasons. If I get three firearms our colony will be able to defend themselves. I am getting three axes because we can cut down trees and hunt. I am getting four pots and four pans so we can cook food in them. We will get three pieces of cloth for everyone to have clothing. I will get three poles of fishing gear to catch fish. Next I need two boxes

through the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl of the 1930s lasted about a decade. Its primary area of impact was on the southern Plains. The northern Plains were not so badly affected, but were still affected by the drought, dust and agricultural decline. The agricultural devastation helped to lengthen the Depression whose effects were felt worldwide. The movement of people on the Plains were devastating to the area. People were forced to move out of their homes due to dust filling their houses with dust

Dark times. The inevitable in sin tarnished life. I have been able to draw parallels from dark times in my life to better understand the ghastly emotional pain the Dusters went through during the Dust Bowl. Similarly to the Dusters I have received beautiful blessings only to recklessly soil them. The people of the Dust Bowl made poor decisions just as I have. Similarly to the Dusters I have also reaped detrimental results of my sins. The ripples of their sin affected those around them. I can relate

Historical Essay: The Dust Bowl ______________________________________________________________________________ The dust bowl was known as the “Dirty Thirties” because it happened during the 1930s. The dust bowl was a terrible dust storm covering hundreds of miles and affecting thousands of people. Not to mention, also during this time there was the largest most devastating economic crash ever known to America. The dust bowl was both devastating and unbelievably scary for those involved. The

The Dust Bowl was suffered the most in the Great Plains, in the area around Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, and Texas in the area of about 100,000,000 acres of land, in the 1930’s (Goldwag). The reason why these areas suffered the most was due to the number of fields all around them. The area