The Great Plains University of Missouri–St大平原密苏里堪萨斯大学 ST. Louis.pptVIP

下载本文档

1
0
约3.16千字
约 16页
2017-03-09 发布于上海
举报
版权申诉

The Great Plains University of Missouri–St大平原密苏里堪萨斯大学 ST. Louis.ppt

1、本文档共16页，可阅读全部内容。
2、原创力文档（book118）网站文档一经付费（服务费），不意味着购买了该文档的版权，仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用，不得用于商业用途，未经授权，严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等，侵权必究。
3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传，本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺！文档内容仅供研究参考，付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费，意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险，本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务；查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档，您可以点击这里二次下载。
4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等，请点击“版权申诉”（推荐），也可以打举报电话：400-050-0827(电话支持时间：9:00-18:30)。
5、该文档为VIP文档，如果想要下载，成为VIP会员后，下载免费。
6、成为VIP后，下载本文档将扣除1次下载权益。下载后，不支持退款、换文档。如有疑问请联系我们。
7、成为VIP后，您将拥有八大权益，权益包括：VIP文档下载权益、阅读免打扰、文档格式转换、高级专利检索、专属身份标志、高级客服、多端互通、版权登记。
8、VIP文档为合作方或网友上传，每下载1次，网站将根据用户上传文档的质量评分、类型等，对文档贡献者给予高额补贴、流量扶持。如果你也想贡献VIP文档。上传文档

The Great Plains University of Missouri–St大平原密苏里堪萨斯大学 ST. Louis

* The Great Plains A quick tour Location The Great Plains are located just east of the Rocky Mountains. Physical Features Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west. Land eroded by wind and water. Grasslands with few trees. Climate The climate on the Great Plains is very harsh. Low rainfall. Many dust storms. Harsh winters. Before the Civil War People referred to the Great Plains as a treeless wasteland. Few people settled on the Plains, instead they passed through on the way west. Scenes from the Plains So, what changed people’s mind? Opportunities for land ownership The Homestead Act of 1862. For a $10 fee, homesteaders got 160 acres of land. They had to live on it and farm it for five years so they could own it. Technological advances Possibility of wealth New beginning for former slaves Adventure Inventions Barbed Wire Steel Plows Windmills Railroads Adaptations Sod Houses Wheat Farming Dry Farming Beef Cattle Longhorns Windmills A windmill is a machine that is operated by wind power. Windmills are used chiefly to pump water, grind grain and generate electric power. Windmills were used all over The Great Plains. They were used to pump water from the ground to the surface so the settlers could use it. This helped make The Great Plains more livable. Barbed Wire The widespread use of barbed wire fences changed life on the plains. Land that was once open to all was now being fenced off by ranchers and homesteaders. Homesteaders were better able to protect their crops and ranchers had better control over their herds. The American Indian was also affected by the wire that they referred to as “Devil’s rope”. Steel Plow Invented by John Deere, the steel plow was made to cut through the tough sod on the Great Plains without the dirt clogging up along the blade. This meant the farmer could plow without having to stop and clean his plow off every few yards. Dry Farming Wheat Farming Dry farming is used in areas that have little rainfall. Basica