Plains Indians

In the beginning, Steinbeck portrays the land as something that had been drained, which is shown by how Steinbeck states, “The corn threshed the wind and made a dry, rushing sound. The finest dust did not settle back to earth now, but disappeared into the darkening sky.”(Steinbeck 1) This paints an image as to how the Dust Bowl has caused the land to become infertile and dry, making it unfit for any crops to grow in. Steinbeck uses this to show the farmers’ dependence on the land, as it…

During the westward expansion of the 1860’s and 1890’s geographical maps show that railroad connections played a huge role in growth. During the early 1860’s when railroad connections also known as the “Transcontinental Railroad” were in the beginning stages, states did not develop at a high rate of speed. Amplifying the railroad connections bolster the reach of products fashioned agriculturally both for the production and sale. Increasing railroad connections west of the Mississippi River…

ENVCUL Module 9 Discussion Assignment Question #6 When Donald Worster refers to the “tragedy of the laissez faire commons,” he is talking about the rapacious depletion of a resource that isn’t technically under ownership and the consequences that result from the exhaustion of said resource. The example Worster uses is the U.S.’s western ranching industry during the late 19th century, which boomed for a brief period but then quickly collapsed. Its demise was due to ranchers, not caring about…

These Native Americans, in the process, lost their homes and lives fighting in this battle. Some were paid for the land they occupied but some were forced violently to remove themselves from the grounds. 2. The Hopi, Zuni , Pueblos, and Navajo indians some of those that emerged north of mexico. The Hopi tribe mostly lived near Arizona , the word "hopi" in routed from Hopituh Shi-nu-mu, which referred to as " The peaceful people". Hopi’s ilk is known in cultures religion, spirituality, and its…

used were mostly made of wood. “Sioux arrows were measured from the tip of the center finger to elbow on the right arm and wrist to the point where the hand joins the center finger. These were all combined to give the arrow its overall length. Sioux Indians used stone, bone, and sinew arrowheads to make their Sioux arrows. However, they also used steel as soon as they were able to trade for it. Sioux Arrows are approximately 24 to 27 inches in length. They are banded with reds and blues stripes.…

Pioneer Living Conditions in Nineteenth Century Nebraska As depicted in “My Antonia,” many people of the Nebraskan frontier lived in sod houses. Most sod houses had dirt floors while others had wooden planks or carpet. Temperatures in these houses were comfortable year-round because the thick, soil and grass walls kept heat in during the winter and out during the summer. There were persistent issues that came with living in sod houses, such as perpetual dirtiness and roof leaks, but for most,…

hunting big game that traveled in herds, like caribou, bison, and mammoths. When they crossed the Bering Land Bridge, they dispersed throughout the North American continent. It is theorized that the Paleo-Indians like their processors, they were hunters- gatherers. It is believed that these Paleo-Indians not only hunted large game but trapped smaller game. As for other portions of their diet, it is believed that they consumed seeds,…

Devastated a Nation The Dust Bowl, a series of extreme dust storms in and around the Great Plains, physically destroyed and emotionally devastated an already depressed America during the 1930s. While still in the midst of the Great Depression, the ecological and agricultural mishaps of farmers caused a drought and dust storm that affected America for years to come. In his book, Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s, Donald Worster states that while irresponsible farming practices played…

The Dust Bowl started in the 1930s and lasted for about a decade. During the Dust Bowl there was dust everywhere. There was dust piled up in houses in people's lund everywhere you looked. All of this dust affected family dynamics. Most all families had to migrate to the western states where there was no dust. When they were moving they had to leave their homes most people left whatever they had behind and if they didn’t leave what they had behind they would pack it in their cars and leave. When…

discussing the causes and effects of the dust bowl which happened from 1931 to about 1940. Causes and Effects of the Dust Bowl mainly consisted of major droughts, The Great Depression, and agricultural decline.This affected the Southern Plains more, compared to the Northern Plains. Thousands were affected and had a really hard time living through this horrible era in America. Before 1931 farmers in the midwest made a living from selling their crops, but after that it was completely different.…