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76Soil Erosion-The Three Main Causes and Fixes
Soil erosion has became a major concern in America, with more land depleted than not. The loss of the organic rich topsoil that forms a protective layer over soil, can make once rich land barren and unusable for agriculture or even livestock...
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75Recession-The New Depression
American spending and credit debt have caused economic downfall before, many years ago in the 20’s and 30’s and again now in our current recession. The recession America is in now, mimics the great depression in many of the same aspects;...
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76How the Right Wing is Destroying the United States
This is a look at how the policies of the right wing are destroying the United States. From Hoover to Reagan and Reaganomics to Bush's tax cuts for the rich, history has proven trickle down economics does not work.
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79The Dust Bowl, Surviving the Dirty Thirties
Black Sunday The Dust Bowl Surviving The Dirty Thirties It is the summer of 1932. Glenda Polk, a wife and young mother of two makes her way down an eerily abandoned street in a small town in rural Oklahoma. Held close against her body is an...
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68Hollywood Glamour vs. Poverty: In Portraits of America
Edward Steichen’s portrait of Gloria Swanson (taken in 1924) and Dothea Lange’s Migrant Mother (taken in 1936) are iconic photos that depict American women as they differ (due to class disparities, the great depression, and the new freedoms for...
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58Selections From the Journal of PFC Christensen (A Short Story)
September 9, 1931 Today is my birthday. And for my birthday, I got this journal. I know it doesn’t seem like much, but for the past few years, money has been a little scarce. Ever since that one October, back when I was just six,...
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78The 1930s during the Dust Bowl
A discussion of the historical U.S Dust Bowl of the 1930's including a summary of the pbs video American Experience: Surviving the Dust Bowl
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81The Michigan Dust Bowl - Big Prairie Desert
The Dust Bowl in Michigan began with a settlement in 1850 that created miles of desert by 1870 with the early logging indusry. Then a ladies' Cemetery Society brought new life to a dying land, creating useful green spaces and historic districts.
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68The Best Oklahoma Books
Oklahoma has had many names, from Indian Territory to the Wild West, from Oil Capitol of the World to the Sooner State, but one thing remains the same; Oklahoma is a vast land filled with growth and excitement. Imagine the Caddo Indian as they...
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73They're Pouring Into The U.S.; Streaming Across The Borders, And Destroying Our Way Of Life!
California Currently, thousands-upon-thousands of them are showing up at the border, often overrunning the officers who have been stationed there to keep them out. And once they get into the state, many are wandering all over the countryside...
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