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    Dust Bowl Decline

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    Policemen started patrolling the border so that the population would not increase in their area. (Mass Exodus From the Plains)The increase in population was becoming a problem in safe states‚ so they had to limit the amount of people that could live there because so many people were moving.“The Dust Bowl exodus was the largest migration in American history.” (Mass Exodus From the Plains) If states had to be blocked off from the people in The Dust Bowl‚ then it must have been a huge population loss in

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    months. Winds are the highest during this time‚ so the grasses that should have held the soil in place were not there. This created huge dust clouds because of the dry topsoil being carried in the wind In 1932‚ 14 dust storms were recorded in the plains. In 1933‚ there were 38 storms. In 1934‚ around 100 million acres of farm land had lost almost all of the top soil because of the wind. The dust storms caused dirt to get into houses no matter how hard the family tried to prevent it from happening

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    The Sioux tribe was impacted by Westward Expansion in many ways. The U.S. army tried to gain control of the Sioux ‚ many of whom entered and left reservations at will. The U.S. army then attempted to force the remaining Sioux tribe of the land by sending more forces under Colonel George Cluster into the hills of South Dakota. The Westward Expansion was also detrimental to the needs of not only the Sioux tribe but all Native American tribes. Most tribes depended solemnly on buffalo for food as well

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    Wild West Essay The Wild west had a big impact on Americans. The Myth of the Wild West was a place of adventure‚ violence‚ and endless opportunity. The Myth attracted Americans in‚ specifically Cowboys because they had just finished the cattle Trail and were probably hungry‚ tired‚ and needed to sleep. The impact on Americans was a positive impact because many people got more jobs‚ and were in a position to start a new life there. From “American West - The Cattle Industry.” History‚ 11 May 2017‚

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    Paper On Horses

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    "Horses were first used over 5‚500 years ago on the plains of northern Kazakhstan." Taming horses have changed history with travel‚ agriculture‚ and warfare. They are fast‚ agile‚ and wonderful companions. There are many people in the world who own some of these wonderful creatures‚ but there are still free roaming horses out in the wild. There is more than 400 different breeds of horses however‚ the most famous and well known breeds are the Fjord‚ Shire‚ and Arabian. One of the oldest breeds

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    To those back home‚ I send greetings‚ to momma‚ hoping that she gets better‚ shake papas hand for me and thank him for supporting my stand against slavery. It has been two years since this Civil War ended and it has been extremely hard to find a job. I traveled north to the factories‚ but they paid you awfully low wages‚ and I could not support myself on those wages. I then tried my hand at farming but farming it proved to be hard both physically and economically since buying land is so very expensive

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    towards them because they thought The United States was attacking them. They dispatched a small group to intercept the Corps however they nearly missed them. Another political impact was the now issue of Indian relations. America just acquired a great deal of land that was formerly owned by Indians and they now had to explain to them that the land was no longer theirs and that they were now a part of the United States. Indian relations would be fine until they were forced to move off their land

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    In Northeastern tribes the people used dried bearskin‚ which was one of the artifacts displayed at the museum‚ primarily for bedding material. Although men usually hunted‚ women were responsible for preparing the pelts. After the flesh was removed from a skin‚ it was stretched out on the ground to dry. Pegs were then placed around the edge of the skin to keep it in place and reduce shrinkage. When it was also desirable to remove the hair‚ the next stage in the process was to tan the hide. Tanning

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    Cultural Immersion Project

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    Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 MaLinda DiTonno Liberty University Cultural Immersion Project: Part 3 Montana is home to six Indian Reservations and their tribes: The Blackfeet Reservation‚ home for the Blackfeet tribe; Crow Reservation for the Crow tribe; Flathead Reservation‚ home to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes; Fort Belknap Reservation‚ home for the Assiniboine and Gros Ventre tribes; Fort Peck Reservation‚ which is home for the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes; Little-Shell‚

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    I’m Connor and I’m going to be talking about the significant civil rights movements carried out by the Native American Indians such as the Occupy Alcatraz movement and the Trail of Broken Treaties movement. The Occupy Alcatraz shown in the first and second image was a land rights movements made by the Native Americans where many students went to the island and protested for Indian land. The students had said that they were not scared of the US government and their laws because Alcatraz was Indian

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