MONTANA 1948 by Miss Matthews https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i Context and setting en-us 2019-03-15 02:01:21 UTC 2019-03-20 03:29:42 UTC hello@padlet.com The American Frontier 79770_5 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342659164 2019-03-19 01:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342659164 Describe the American Cowboy. How was he mythologised in American myth? 61442_17 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342659926 2019-03-19 01:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342659926 110119_42 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660025 2019-03-19 01:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660025 What was the "American Frontier" or the "Wild West"? https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660060 The American frontier comprises the geography, history, folklore, and cultural expression of life in the forward wave of American expansion that began with English colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last mainland territories as states in 1912.]]> 2019-03-19 01:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660060 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660368 Montana is a state defined by its natural resources. The state’s motto is “Gold and Silver,” and it is known as the “Treasure State,” both phrases illustrating the importance of natural resources to the state’s history, identity and economy. With the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Great Plains to the east, today the majority of Montana’s major industries thrive on the state’s natural resources.
Forests
Federal and state governments own 13 million acres of commercial forests in western Montana. Logging and the processing of the lumber is a large industry in Montana.
Agricultural Land
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Montana’s valleys contain fertile soils that are good for cultivation of major livestock and crops such as “beef cattle, sheep, grain, sugar beets, potatoes and fruit.” Wheat and barley are grown on the dryer eastern side of the state.
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Rangeland
Very large portions of the state are used by ranchers as grazing rangelands for beef cattle and sheep.
Coal
Coal mining is a large and growing industry in Montana. Coal mines are located in the eastern Great Plains region of Montana.
Gold
Gold has historically been a very important mineral in Montana. Discovery of gold in the 1860s was quickly followed by the first European-American settlement in Montana, as people rushed out West to pan for this precious mineral in the state’s rivers. Gold mining continues to this day.
Other Minerals
Petroleum and natural gas are pumped from the ground, while talc, phosphate, vermiculite, clay and gravel are mined. Precious stones and minerals, such as copper, platinum, sapphires and garnets, are also mined.
Water
The powerful rivers of northwestern Montana have been harnessed to produce one-third of the state’s electricity.
Scenery and Wildlife
People flock to Montana to enjoy its natural beauty, especially in the rugged Rocky Mountains. Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks are very popular destinations, where tourists might see “grizzly bears, Rocky Mountain goats, bighorn sheep, moose and gray wolves,” according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. Outdoor recreation and the service sector are major contributors to Montana’s economy. Real estate is also a growing industry in the state.
]]> 2019-03-19 01:15:24 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660368 106217_17 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660825 What two national parks can be found in Montana?
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- glacier national park ]]> 2019-03-19 01:17:32 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342660825 How did the Homestead Act affect Montana? https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661211 http://montanakids.com/history_and_prehistory/Frontier_Life/act.htm]]> 2019-03-19 01:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661211 Changes in US as a result of WWII https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661263 Economy recovering from The Great Depression, WWII strengthened the economy and decreased the unemployment rate. ]]> 2019-03-19 01:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661263 Montana https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661364 1) Montana is one of the nine mountain states located in the North region known as the United States, and it borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east.

2) In Latin, the meaning of the name Montana is Mountain. a north - western USA state

3) The Glacier National Park and Yellow Stone National Park

4) Montana’s topography is roughly defined by the Continental Divide, which splits much of the state into distinct eastern and western regions. Most of Montana's 100 or more named mountain ranges are in the state's western half, most of which is geologically and geographically part of the Northern Rocky Mountains.

5) The economy of Montana is based off large industries such as agriculture, travel and tourism. Agriculture is an essential part of a Montana’s economy as it contributes to the state.

6) The majority of this population comes from Montana's twelve tribal nations: Assiniboine, Blackfeet, Chippewa, Cree, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kootenai, Little Shell Chippewa, Northern Cheyenne, Pend d'Oreille, Salish and Sioux.

7)  The first railroad to get anywhere near Montana was the Union Pacific. In 1869 the Union Pacific Railroad completed the first transcontinental (all the way across the continent) railroad. It was part of a railroad network that connected cities in the east to Sacramento, California, passing through Corinne, Utah.

8)The Louisiana Purchase was huge. It totaled 828,000 square miles and all or part of what would later become 15 different states. It doubled the size of the United States and made it a major world nation. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west.

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10) They Settled in Montana: The Act. The Free Homestead Act of 1862 entitled anyone who filed to a quarter-section of land (160 acres) provided that person "proved up" the land. "Proving up" meant living on the land for five years. ... After the Free Homestead Act was enacted people rushed to stake out their claims.

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12) Homesteaders lost their crops, their homes, their farms, and their life savings. Impacts from the drought affected  every Montana community, especially in the agricultural east. Then, in 1929, the U.S. economy crashed. America entered the worst econmic crisis in its history—the Great Depression.]]> 2019-03-19 01:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342661364 What changes occurred for the men who returned from the war? https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342664578 Men struggled to return to normalcy after losing all decency and humanity from the war. Many men suffered PTSD, causing returning to life with families harder than expected and very difficult, especially with the lack of jobs. ]]> 2019-03-19 01:35:07 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342664578 How were women’s lives affected by the war? https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665610 In other wars women would stay at home serving their country that way, they’d usually do the men’s jobs while they were away at war. But during world war 2 they were closer to the war then they’d ever been, they were recruited into the military, becoming nurses and fixing planes etc.]]> 2019-03-19 01:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665610 Group 2 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665906 https://padlet.com/ld43450/e9rb6fynh63i]]> 2019-03-19 01:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665906 The American Frontier https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665925 https://padlet.com/vn79770/2sizjhsltv5i]]> 2019-03-19 01:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/342665925 Group 4 79770_5 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/343154204 https://padlet.com/vn79770/2sizjhsltv5i]]> 2019-03-20 02:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/343154204 Group 3 questions 5 & 6 81865_1 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/343155317 5. The causes of baby booms involves various fertility factors. The most well-known baby boom occurred in middle of twentieth century, beginning in late 1930s or early 1940s and ending in 1960s. It was a change of trend that was largely unexpected, because in most countries it occurred in the midst of a period of improving economies and rising living standards.

6. The black press sided with France, because of its purported commitment to racial equality, and chronicled the exploits of colonial African soldiers serving in the French army. Nevertheless, African Americans viewed the bloodshed and destruction occurring overseas as far removed from the immediacies of their everyday lives.
]]> 2019-03-20 02:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/343155317 Montana 47306_7 https://padlet.com/matthewsa11/n2z4drtdw15i/wish/343160394 9)The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the first American expedition to cross the western portion of the United States

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