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The Great Plains Thesis Statement

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The Great Plains

Kendule Dennis
Mr. Jared Davis
English III.
17 October 2017 Outline

Thesis Statement: The Great Plains, which covers portions of at least nine different states and two countries, share a similar ecology and climate which allowed agriculture to be its main economy.
Introduction
Understanding Place Attachment to the county in the American Great Plains.
Many countries reached their maximum population in the early 1900s and their total have decreased ever since.
Settlement in the American Great Plains started in Kansas and Nebraska on the eve of the Civil War and Spread throughout the region.
II. Farming Consolidation
Most varieties of wheat and barley are fairly drought tolerant; consequently these crops are grown in …show more content…

Since World War II, the total population in the Great plains had decreased dramatically. The Great plains established hundreds of counties, and population growth was limited. Settlement in the American Great Plains started in Kansas and Nebraska on the eve of the Civil War spread throughout the region as railroad companies laid tracks heading west. Most counties in the Great plains are relatively small in size. Within the Great Plains, however, the founding of counties took a different approach. There are few where people have developed a stronger attachment to place than in the rural communities of the Great Plains. One reason why people in the Great Plains feel so attached to place is because they posses a sense of ownership in local decision …show more content…

“Adaptation on an Agricultural Frontier: Socio-Ecological Profiles of Great Plains Settlement, 1870–1940.” Adaptation on an Agricultural Frontier: Socio-Ecological Profiles of Great Plains Settlement, 1870–1940 | The Journal of Interdisciplinary History,vol. 46, no.3,Winter2016,pp.355-392. EBSCOhost,doi:10.1162/JINH_a_00868.www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1162/JINH_a_00868.
“Encyclopedia of the Great Plains.” Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | FARM CONSOLIDATION, plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.ag.032.
Forsberg, Michael. “Great Plains: America's Lingering Wild.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 3 Sept. 2013, www.pbs.org/program/great-plains/.
History.com Staff. “Dust Bowl.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl.

OSBORNjosborn@columbustelegram.com, JIM. “Great Plains Banking on Local Relationships.” Columbus Telegram, 31 July 2016, columbustelegram.com/news/local/great-plains-banking-on-local-relationships/article_3f40e054-7032-59d0-a585-2bad72935a77.html.

Robinson, Elwyn B., and John L. Dietz. “Great Plains.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 8 Sept. 2017,

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