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wikipedia.org/wiki/ **Dust ****_ ****Bowl ** www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/ dustbowl   This website gives you a map that shows you where exactly the Dust Bowl occurred. It also gives you a film of the Dust Bowl, and a timeline.   [|www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe30s/water_02.html]  This website is great because it has interviews of people that lived during the Dust Bowl, and it also talks about how they used to call off school because of dust storms much like calling off school because of snow storms.   ** 1930 Dust Bowl **  www.ccccok.org/museum/ dustbowl .html  This website gives you a lot of information and it talks about how the economy was during the 1930’s.  <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msoansilanguage: EN; msotabcount: 1;"> **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Dust ** **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bowl ** <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0033cc; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> **<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #0070c0; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Migration: Poverty Stories, Race Stories **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN;">faculty.washington.edu/gregoryj/ dust %20 bowl %20migration.htm
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 * <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> This website is great because it gives you a lot of information, and it talks about what they think started the Dust Bowl. It also gives you external links. **
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The Dust Bowl occurred during the period known as the “Dirty Thirties.” While this unusual event originated in the Great Plains region of the United States as well as Canada, it affected the entire country. The long-lasting drought lengthened the duration of the Depression and would have been a true test to the emotional strength of the farmers in the Plains. The Dust Bowl was caused by both nature and humans. In addition to the drought, poor farming and soil-management practices contributed to the severity of the problem. The natural grasses of the Plains were eliminated as a result of deep plowing and rotation of crops did not happen. As a result, moisture was not able to be trapped in the soil by the plants and nutrients were not replenished. Attempts to plant crops were futile as they simply blew away with the dust. Some of the dust storms were so severe, that soil was blown as far east as the Atlantic Ocean. These storms were known as “Black Blizzards” or “Black Rollers.” Nearly 100,000,000 acres of farmland were affected and could no longer be farmed. In an effort to maintain their livelihood, many families migrated from the Plains to the West. With conditions not much better, the farmers usually ended up travelling the area to work with the various crops, not able to settle and own their own land.

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 * Mike: DON'T delete your projects on here! For the next one add it above this line. This wiki page is sort of like an ePortfolio. There is no need to delete any of it! Simply start the next project above the previous one.**

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Panama_Canal This website is good because it gives you a ton of information and it talks about the early history of the canal, how the locks work and gives you external links.

The Panama Canal <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none;">[|www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm] <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website is good because it also gives you a lot of information and it talks about the Culebra cut and it gives you other Panama Canal websites.

Panama Canal History Museum <span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none;">[|www.canalmuseum.com/] <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website is good because it gives you photos, documents, stories and other links to go to; it also gives you a link to look at the Panama Canal expansion programs progress.

Canal History www.pancanal.com/eng/history This website talks about The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and it is the entity of the Government of Panama established under Title XIV of the National Constitution with exclusive charge of the operation, administration, management, preservation, maintenance, and modernization of the Canal, as well as its activities and related services, pursuant to legal and constitutional regulations in force, so that the Canal may operate in a safe, continuous, efficient, and profitable manner. I probably will not use this in my essay but I thought it was interesting.

<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-decoration: none;">[|www.hackingfamily.com/Chris/School/panama_canal_control.htm] <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website talks about the transition of turning over the Panama Canal from the US to Panama. It has other links but they have nothing to do with this topic.
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Before the construction of the Panama Canal, ships would have to travel a great distance in order to get from one ocean to the other. Cargo would have to be routed around South America and naval ships from various countries would have to travel the long distance to get to the opposite ocean to join their fleets. The use of the canal has made life much easier in the world of trade and armed services, but getting the canal built was no easy task. Construction of a canal was started during the Spanish-American War by the French. At first there were two different sites looked at. They thought about Nicaragua and Panama. Political differences between the United States and Britain caused the US to look for a means to lease the land for the canal. They approached the Columbian Senate who rejected the lease. After many other obstacles threatened the construction project the US worked to help control disease, provide funding and providing a workforce, the canal finally opened August 15, 1914. The Panama Canal is an example of how long expansion can take because of the different interests among countries. However, persistence and cooperation allowed the United States to help the other countries by allowing a shorter travel route. This aided in lower shipping costs and time as well as provided easier travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

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