B.around midnight. C.at noon. D.just after sunrise. E.late afternoon. Answer Key: E 10.0/ 10.0 Points Which of the following regions would you expect to have the most tornadoes in the winter? Question 3 of 9 A.southern Great Plains. B.northern Great Plains. C.Oklahoma. D.southern Gulf States. Answer Key: D 10.0/ 10.0 Points In a region where severe thunderstorms with tornadoes are forming‚ one would not expect to observe Question 4 of 9 A.the polar jet stream above the
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started in the 1830’s from the Atlantic ports of Boston‚ New York City‚ Philadelphia‚ Wilmington‚ Charleston‚ and Savannah (Douglas 23). Within twenty years‚ four rail lines had crossed the Alleghenies to reach their goal on `Western Waters’ of the Great Lakes or the tributaries of the Mississippi. Meanwhile‚ other lines had started West of the Appalachian mountains‚ and by the mid-1850’s Chicago‚ St. Louis‚ and Memphis were connected to the East. Still other lines were stretching Westward‚ beyond
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Chapter 13 Notes: Changes on the Western Frontier Native Americans -Native Americans of the plains hunted‚ farmed‚ and traded in traditional ways. -Plains people relied on the buffalo for a variety of survival needs -The booming of the cattle industry in the late 1800s contributed to the decline of the Plains Indians’ culture. -The Sioux (war-like plains tribe) resisted the efforts of the U.S. government‚ the army & the settlers to remove them from their sacred lands. -Sitting Bull &
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started in the 1830 ’s from the Atlantic ports of Boston‚ New York City‚ Philadelphia‚ Wilmington‚ Charleston‚ and Savannah (Douglas 23). Within twenty years‚ four rail lines had crossed the Alleghenies to reach their goal on `Western Waters ’ of the Great Lakes or the tributaries of the Mississippi. Meanwhile‚ other lines had started West of the Appalachian mountains‚ and by the mid-1850 ’s Chicago‚ St. Louis‚ and Memphis were connected to the East. Still other lines were stretching Westward‚ beyond
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escape the slums and ghettos moved west toward the Appalachian Mountains and beyond them to the Mississippi River and then onto the Great Plains to farm their own land. However early exploration of the Great Plains showed a scarcity of surface water or lumber which originally made the area less eye-catching for pioneer settlement or farming. In fact it was known as the Great American Desert.
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acres of land from them in Oklahoma (Boyer 442). Homesteaders were faced with more problems in the Great Plains‚ since they needed to make use of the land to pay for their supplies and transportation‚ but it was not ideal for farming; it had scarce amounts of trees and a limited supply of water (Boyer 444).To help‚ the U.S.D.A. assisted new farmers by figuring out the best types of wheat for the Great Plains and teaching farmers innovative techniques of dry farming (Boyer 445). The combination of desperation
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portion of OK Curtis Act 1889 – formally ended Indian communal land ownership thereby legally dissolving Indian Territory Oklahoma – “land of the Red Man” At the close of the Civil War 360‚000 Indians still lived in Trans-Miss. West. Most in Great Plains. Plain Indians used guns‚ horses‚ relied on Buffalo Sioux & Buffalo – gunpowder‚ improved guns‚ hunting by non-Indian traders led to rapid decline in Buffalo population. Exterminating of Buffalo sometimes encouraged by US Army Commanders to bring
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F1 Outline I. The Great Plains A. Background 1. The Great Plains had blazing temps in the daytime and frigid cold at night. The only vegetation that could survive was grass which made the Great Plains a great place for livestock that needed to graze B. Indians of the Great Plains 1. There were about 100‚000 native Americans in the great plains i. A portion of them were settled in permanent villages. These people were decimated by European diseases such as smallpox ii. The others belonged
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COMANCHE INDIANS The Comanches‚ exceptional horsemen who dominated the Southern Plains‚ played a prominent role in Texas frontier history throughout much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Anthropological evidence indicates that they were originally a mountain tribe‚ a branch of the Northern Shoshones‚ who roamed the Great Basin region of the western United States as crudely equipped hunters and gatherers. Both cultural and linguistic similarities confirm the Comanches’ Shoshone origins
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History 124 November 20th 2009 The Dust Bowl The southern plains were one of the greatest places to be in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. Farmers were producing crops with ease‚ some were even overproducing. Wheat was one of the main things that were making farmers so successful‚ everything was just growing right for them at the time. In 1931 though there was a drought for farmers‚ in which many dust storms hit the Southern plains‚ causing an indescribable amount of damage to farmers and their
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