'Great american desert' presentation slideshows

Lesson 19.4: The Farming Frontier

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Lesson 19.3 : Life in the West

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The Great Plains

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Westward Settlement

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Kathie L. Olsen, Ph.D. Founder, Managing Director ScienceWorks

Answering the Big Questions Food, Water & Energy Resources Policy Symposium University of Nebraska April 13, 2011. Kathie L. Olsen, Ph.D. Founder, Managing Director ScienceWorks Affiliate Professor of Neuroscience Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study George Mason University.

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Westward Expansion:

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Westward Expansion

Westward Expansion . Spirit of the West. What is the West ? What is the Frontier ? An idea of manifest destiny. It was there to conquer. Possibilities of a new beginning, fresh start. Barriers. Great American Desert Great Plains Rocky Mountains Arid Southwest

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Goal 4: Western Expansion

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American West

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Native Americans in t he West

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Changes on the Western Frontier

Changes on the Western Frontier. The culture of the Plains Indians declines as white settlers transform the Great Plains. . Cultures Clash on the Prairie. The cattle industry booms in the late 1800s, as the culture of the Plains Indians declines. The Culture of the Plains Indians.

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The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution

The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution . Introduction.

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Trails West

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Westward Expansion Begins

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Expanding West

Expanding West. Why did Westward Expansion occur?. Opportunities for land ownership (Homestead Act) Technological advances, including the Transcontinental Railroad Possibility of wealth created by the discovery of gold and silver A new beginning for former slaves Adventure.

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Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and Men. Ruben. When the Wall Street stock market crashed in October 1929, the world economy was plunged into the Great Depression. By the winter of 1932, America was in the depths of the greatest economic depression in its history.

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Westward Expansion

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Settling the West

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Big Ideas Chapter 13

Big Ideas Chapter 13. Development and Growth of the West-Mining. Potential wealth from mining strikes attracted a stampede of prospectors-California, Nevada, Colorado, Dakota Territory, Montana. Boom towns created from strikes and collapsed when mines closed.

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Indian Removal

Indian Removal. What is the most important thing ever taken away from you?. Five Civilized Tribes. Cherokee sovereign nation in GA, own schools, newspaper, alphabet and Constitution Alphabet developed as was newspaper by Sequoya 1829 Gold discovered in GA, Miners and settlers trespassed

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