The Plains and the World The Great Plains has impacted the global history through Women’s rights, immigration and in times of war. The Great Plains impacted the lives of many across the world through immigration policies that encouraged the immigration in to the United States. The Homestead Act of 1862 encouraged more people to try life on the plains by providing a way for land ownership and citizenship. Another way The Great Plains impacted world history is through the efforts of the residence during World War II in the scrap metal drive. The Great Plains was at the heart of the effort in the collection of scrap metal. This effort allowed the steel factories to continue to produce munitions and vehicles for the war, which directly affected …show more content…
They were allowed land ownership and even the chance to vote in the Great Plains, which was very rare across the world. This unique moment in North Dakota settlement, through homesteading, allotment, and purchase, women had access to land and they seized the opportunity. Women were given many opportunities in the Great Plains that they had not seen in others parts of the world. In Comparison in most times and places, women had access to the most critical resource of farming – land – only through their relations with men. This land ownership led to the ability of women being able to vote in the Great Plains and would help in the women’s suffrage movement later on, not only in the United States but also around the world. Women’s work on the Plains was also essential to the progress of the plains becoming an agricultural center of the …show more content…
Migrants came to the Great Plains from all types of situations, such as the great potato famine of Ireland that caused many Irish to emigrate to the United States and primarily the Great Plains, where they could begin their lives again. The Homestead Act also provided a way for the immigrants to gain citizenship and own land in the Great Plains. The Homestead Act encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land. This gave immigrants an easy route into citizenship; if they could maintain the land for five years they could become a citizen. This Act helped the Great Plains impact history by changing the immigration process and allowing immigrants to buy land before they were citizens of the country. Increasing numbers of Scandinavians came to United States with the intention of staying; they searched for land and a better life. People around the world came to the Great Plains in search for a better life and land something that they Great Plains had a lot of. This in many ways impacted the globe by easing the population of Europe, that was very crowded, and by giving people a chance to better their lives by giving them a fresh start. The impact of these events was important to global