With the Homestead Act passed‚ it is time for you to claim your 160 acres! Come to the west! You can be like James Oliver who developed a new plow with a sharper edge. Try working on the new bonanza farms with expensive machinery and professional managers. Come live in a dugout‚ a house dug into the sides of a hill. But be careful because the weather can be harsh causing crops to die and water is scarce. Most farms are in Texas‚ The Great Plains‚ and California. Come to the west farmers! With
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Materials: Dry ice Large bowl with rounded rim Dish soap Heavy glove or tongs Long‚ narrow piece of cloth Small plastic cup Warm water 2 Procedures: 1. Mix 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of liquid dish soap with 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of water in a plastic cup. 2. Cut a strip of cloth that is about 1" (25 mm) wide and 18" (46 cm) long. 3. Soak the strip of cloth in the soapy solution you made in step two. Make sure the entire cloth is submerged in the solution
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“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” This quote by Mother Teresa a humanitarian means being alone is depressing and it makes people feel alone in the world and feel that there is no one there for them. In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. There are several characters that feel lonely and unwanted. The three characters who live lonely‚isolated lives are Candy‚Crooks‚and Curley’s wife. Candy lives a lonely life on the ranch. He works alone because
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Parallels Between Jim the Boy and the Great Depression Authors write fictional stories that allude to events which occurred in the past. One such author‚ Tony Earley‚ wrote the fiction novel Jim the Boy. The author portrays a much documented period in American history in the framework of one family who has seen struggles but works to overcome. In Jim the Boy‚ the events of Jim’s life directly correlate to the time period leading up to and including the Great Depression. The novel begins with a
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In the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck uses the theme of loneliness throughout the entirety of the novel. When people feel lonely their way of life is different than that of someone’s who isn’t lonely or them if they were not lonely. They may act differently than they would if they weren’t experiencing loneliness‚ they may even change their way of life. The effects of loneliness on people are displayed in the novel Of Mice and Men through the characters of Curley’s Wife‚ Candy
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Cell "Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud and one the stars." - Frederick Lang Bridge This quote can be interpreted in this way. A human has a choice to improve his life or decide to continue in their negative situation‚ this is symbolized by the stairs and mud in the quote. Mud in this case can be verify as the negative life it the fact that people often say “someone is stuck in the mud” meaning depressed‚ also slowing them down and stars can
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2. ID the Homestead Act. A.) The government and the white men settlers that were moving west was involved in the homestead act. B.) The outcome of the Homestead Act was that the government legislation increased the size of the tracts available. With their property rights assured‚ more settlers moved to the plains. It was very difficult there. C.) The Homestead Act occurred in 1862. D.) The Homestead Act took place in the Great Plains. 3. Id the Battle of Wounded Knee. A.) The American
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In The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck‚ Muley Graves acted as a minor character yet it explained many things about life during the 1930s. Muley Graves’ life appeared lonely and helpless. The bank evicted his family from their home and Muley refused to leave‚ he remained stubborn as a mule. Muley says‚ “I ain’t a-goin’. My pa come here fifty years ago. An’ I ain’t a-goin’” (60). He did not leave Oklahoma because he owned the land‚ his wife had their kids on the land‚ and his father worked hard
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Optimism in The Grapes of Wrath At the end of the novel The Grapes of Wrath‚ by John Steinbeck‚ it seems as though the Joads have nothing left to live for‚ however Steinbeck shows signs of optimism through symbols and biblical allusions. The Joads have gone through tremendous hardships throughout their entire trip to California to find work. They have lost several family members‚ have gone without work and lived on extremely low rations for months. At the height of their struggles‚ the Joads are
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The Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl is the name given to the awful dust storms which caused major damage to American and Canadian prairie lands in the 1930s. The Dust Bowl got its name after Black Sunday‚ April 14‚ 1935. There were lots of dust storms leading up to that day. In 1932‚ 14 dust storms were recorded on the Plains. In 1933‚ there were 38 storms. By 1934‚ it was estimated that 100 million acres of farmland had lost all or most of the topsoil to the winds. By April 1935‚ there had been weeks
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