United States History Geographic and Cultural Influences STAAR Test
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| Settlement of the Great Plains | Human Geography
Plains Indians settled first;invention of steel plow made farming easier;The Homestead Act encouraged settlement.
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| Settlement of the Great Plains | Physical Geography
middle of the country
extreme temperatures and climate (hot summers, cold winters)
flat,wide open spaces=excellent for farming
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| Klondike Gold Rush | Human Geography
Thousands suffering from an economic depression left their lives behind in the late 1800's seeking to make their fortunes
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| Klondike Gold Rush | Physical Geography
Alaska was seen as a large and distant source of raw materials.
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| Panama Canal | Human Geography
The Us supported the revolution of this country & in exchange given permission to build this & control a territory 5 miles around it. The US gave back control in the 1990's.
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| Panama Canal | Physical Geography
48 miles of international waterways between the Atlantic & Pacific Ocean that saves an 8,000 mile journey around the southern tip of South America.(Cape Horn)
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| The Dust Bowl | Human Geography
Farmers misused their lands by over planting & not rotating crops resulting in millions of useless acres which forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes.
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| The Dust Bowl | Physical Geography
Years of sustained drought dried up the lands;winds carried clouds of dust & sand
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| Levee failure in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina | Human Geography
Engineering Failure
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| Levee failure in New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina | Physical Geography
The wind & storm surge at high tide was overwhelming.
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