2a: physical features and climate of the great plains flatlands that rise gradually from east to...
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2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains
• Flatlands that rise gradually from east to west
2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains
• Land eroded by wind and water.
2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains
• Low rainfall.
2a: Physical features and climate of the Great Plains
• Frequent dust storms
2a
Because of new technologies, people saw the Great Plains not as a “treeless wasteland” but as a vast area to be settled.
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Barbed wire
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Steel Plows
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Dry farming
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Sod houses
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Beef cattle raising
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Wheat farming
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Windmills
2a: Inventions and adaptations
• Railroads
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