1. Would you move to a place no one lived if others were mo - PowerPoint Presentation

Slide1

1. Would you move to a place no one lived if others were moving there? Explain your answer.2. Where are the Great Plains?3. What are the Great Plains like?

Do NowSlide2

The winters were bitter cold. There were few rivers and streams for water, and few trees for wood. Low rainfall caused drought and dust storms.

Fierce

winds and frequent dust storms eroded and blew away the soil. The remaining tough soil was thought to be unsuitable for farming.

Great Plains Challenges

Before the Civil War, the Great Plains were considered a "treeless wasteland".Slide3
Slide4

Before 1860, those who crossed the Mississippi generally traveled all the way to the west coast. Few settled in the Great Plains. “Treeless wasteland”

How did people’s perceptions and use of the Great Plains change after the Civil War?Slide5
Slide6

Because of new technologies People saw the Great Plains not as a "treeless wasteland" but as a vast area to be settled.The Great PlainsSlide7

Between the Mississippi River and the Rocky MountainsGreat Plains Physical FeaturesSlide8

2. Flatland that rises from EAST to WEST

Great Plains Physical FeaturesSlide9

3. Dry land eroded by wind and rain.

Great Plains Physical FeaturesSlide10

4. Low rainfall with frequent dust storms.

Great Plains Physical FeaturesSlide11
Slide12
Slide13
Slide14

Technological Advances allowed people to live in more challenging environments.Slide15

Barbed Wire

Technological Advancements

To keep animals containedSlide16

Steel Plow

Technological Advancements

Farmers able to cut

through hard soilSlide17

Dry Farming  

Technological Advancements

Allows famers to

grow crops in dry soil.Slide18

Sod housesTechnological Advancements

Sod packed and stacked together

to build homes.

Sod - grass and the part of the soil beneath it held together by the

roots.Slide19
Slide20
Slide21
Slide22
Slide23
Slide24

Beef Cattle RaisingTechnological Advancements

For meat

on the vast plains.Slide25

Wheat farmingTechnological Advancements

Grown for food and money on the plains.Slide26

WindmillsPump water from the ground using wind power.Technological AdvancementsSlide27

Transcontinental RailroadTechnological Advancements

Provided access to trade and fast transportation

.

Moving goods and people!

Completed in 1869