Discuss the unique features of great plains ecology

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Assignment:

Answer the following questions:

1. What were some responses of women to nature on the Great Plains as revealed in the documents? What technologies aided women's life on the plains? Were women "reluctant pioneers"? Did the Homestead Act aid women? Why or why not?

2. Discuss the unique features of Great Plains ecology, including topography, climate, water, grasses, and animals. What features made settlement of the Great Plains by Euro-Americans different from settlement of the region east of the Mississippi River?

3. Assess the environmental impacts of the native bison and nonnative horse on the Plains. Why do you think cattle rather than buffalo became marketable U.S. commodities? How were bison, cattle, and sheep both used and abused as a result of Great Plains exploitation?

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