Explain Why Does Laskin State That The Horrible Blizzard Of 1888

1. Why does Laskin state that the horrible blizzard of 1888 “hit the most thickly settled sections of Nebraska and Dakota Territory at the worse possible moments?” Describe the dramatic change in temperatures that accompanied this storm. Why were the humble people of this raw region of the prairie prone to take risks, even in the face of a devastating blizzard?
a. Laskin says this because the storm was so unexpected. It was normal weather and all of the sudden within a few minutes temperatures dropped and lives were changed. It hit mid-morning at a time that was extremely unexpected. The temperatures sporadically dropped and clouds dropped heavy snow on the region. The people continued to take the risks and face this blizzard because they were

In the post-Civil war years, what factors encourages the stampede of settlers in America’s heartland, which earlier had been thought to be worthless desert? Compare the lifestyle of these ‘sodbusters’ to the luxuries enjoyed by the wealthy industrial tycoons back East.
a. The Homestead Act gave everyone 160 acres of free farmland and if they were able to maintain it for five years they were given the land. This is the dream that inspired many people to settle in America’s heartland. This land they were given however was ‘broken, stripped of sod and planted with crops’ which made it very difficult o farm and keep up so many families did not succeed. The industrial tycoons back in the East did not have to face the same hardships as the sodbusters because they were not forced to do an almost impossible act.
3. Compare twenty-first century weather forecasting (satellite imagery, the technology of the Weather Channel) with that of the late nineteenth century. What advance warning did the prairie settlers have of the blizzard of

The mood and direction definitely changed in a major way after the blizzard. The Dakota boom had ended and there was very little immigration to this prairie frontier. Although life was not perfect before it and still often posed challenges for the people living there it was still a life they chose and more often than not enjoyed. The blizzard in addition to bringing devastation to the land brought devastation to the lives of many people, both who lived there or were hoping the live there in the future. It is my assumption that the other implies that children had no childhood because of the hardships they endured and how they had to help rebuild when it was over. “Children were the unpaid workforce of the