Prairies

William Jennings Bryan delivered the most famous speech “Cross of Gold” on 9th July 1896 at the Democratic National Convention. This popular speech helped Bryan to win the presidential nomination of the Democratic party for 1896 presidential elections. Bryan delivered this powerful speech to win the nomination and the focus of his speech was on gold and silver. Bryan made his thoughts and beliefs of advocating government welfare programs and schemes to benefit the masses. He tried to appeal to…

The Results and Causes of the Great Depression The end of World War One saw The United States become the economic power of the world, which tied multiple nation’s economies with theirs. When the stock market crashed in 1929 causing the Great Depression, all countries tied with the U.S were dragged down along with them. This resulted in many citizens becoming unemployed and searching for jobs. Canada was affected severely as one in five Canadians became dependant on government relief for…

Another aspect of the Old West Hollywood glazes over is the difficulty of frontier living. In many movies, living in the West is depicted as easy and carefree. This is an extensive misconception. Settlers in the Old West battled an array of obstacles including the lack of supplies and food, isolation for periods of time, a very limited connection with the rest of the world, brutal weather, and fires. As a result of living in the unsettled West, supplies were sent out very sparingly. Ordering…

Alpine Navigation Alpine navigation is a famous painting done by R.Gonsalves. I choose this painting for the project because it represents Canada and it was done by a Canadian artist. This painting is done by R.Gonsalves a Canadian artist from Toronto Ontario. This painting is called Alpine Navigation and is a beautiful piece of art. Today I am going to be talking about why I love this painting and why. I am mainly going to talk about why I think you should all know about this painting. I think…

In The Wonderful World of Oz, the two settings, the Kansas prairies and the fictional city of Oz are complete opposites. Even before knowing Dorothy was in Oz we can see the contrast in the settings, one of the first thing she noticed was that it wasn’t dark. It was described as the “…bright sunshine coming into the window” and “flooding the little room.” (Baum,9). The sight of Oz filled Dorothy with excitement and she marveled at a city so different from what she was used to. Instead of Kansas’…

One of the biggest problems that spawned due to the immigration policy was the North West rebellion. The rapid growth of people settling in the west was causing fear for the Metis people who lived in the prairies. All the farmland towns, and the construction of the railroad caused the bison to eventually disappear. The bison were the main source of food for the metis people. The metis were scared of losing their land and so under the lead of Riel louis (leader…

don’t have to be told, but when I do sometimes I am shocked. Then I think about other movies or books for a few weeks later. This article made me think of a few movies/books that are the same plot just different settings. Like the vast untouched prairies of the Midwest are left in the hands of one man as he attempts to renew his life. Kevin Costner in Dances With Wolves is the character John Dunbar. His character finally realizes his place in life when he befriends and ultimately becomes one…

problem that affected Canada greatly. - As a result 20% were reliant on government relief (footnote2) and there were much more people unemployed Canada’s exporting was affected very greatly, resulting in the Canadian economy plummeting - The prairies were especially affected, as there were also drought and pests to interfere with crop production. - Some groups suffered more from the depression such as farmers and those who were unemployed. - Due to the poor conditions during the…

because sometimes wild animals would come around and the ladies had to know how to defend themselves and their children, and their crops as well as their farm animals. Another danger for the pioneers was gangs of drunken cowboys that roamed the prairies. Some of them liked to cause trouble for the settlers. The settlers stuck together, and all of them helped each other. When one person needed something the neighbors all came together and pitched in and helped. Like an old fashioned…

describe the swamp. In the first passage, the style of the author's writing is factual, without giving away any emotions, but being neutral. This is overt in the passage when it states, "low, sandy ridges, wet grassy savannas, marshes, and extensive 'prairies,' or dark water areas covered by undergrowth and trees." Rhetorical devices that was used in this passage was precise diction and polysyndeton. The passage displays a very sophisticated and factual description of Okefenokee Swamp. Rather…