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Why were The Great Plains once called The Great American Desert?
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∙ 7y ago
There isn't much there. Even today the plains states have vast stretches of empty land. There are no trees, high grasses, and lots of wind.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 11y agobecause it was bad
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What did Pre-Civil War explorers call the Great Plains?
The Great American Desert.
African Americans that migrated to the Great Plains were called?
African Americans that migrated to the Great Plains were called Exodusters.
series of events that led to the defeat of the southern Plains Indians?
North American smallpox epidemic and the 1837 Great Plains smallpox
Who settled the Great Plains?
On the great plains, the homes of settlers were called homesteads. These types of people were farmers, cowboys, miners and railroad workers. Also ranchers and single workers settled here.
Where was the location of the Great American Desert of the 1800's?
Tennessee or Nebraska area
What did settlers call the great plains?
It was called the Great American Desert.
Land between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains was nicknamed the?
It was nicknamed The Great Plains or the Great American Desert.
What is the area of flat land between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River called?
Once known as the Great American Desert it is known today as the Great Plains.
Which name for the great plains helped cause this hesition?
the great american desert
Which name for the great plains help caused the hesitation?
the great american desert
Name for the great plains helped cause this hesitation?
the great american desert
Which explorer described the Great Plains as the Great American Desert?
It was zebulon m. Pike
What did Pre-Civil War explorers call the Great Plains?
The Great American Desert.
During the early 1800s some American hesitated to settle to the great plains which name for the grest plains helped cause this hesitation?
the Great American Desert
What area of the United states was referred to as the Great American Desert?
The term Great American Desert was used in the 19th century to describe the western part of the Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains in North America to about the 100th meridian.
During the early 1800s some Americans hesitated to settle the great plains which name for the great plains helped cause this hesitation?
the great American desert
What is the nickname for the Great Plains?
The Treeless Wasteland The Great American Desert Bread Basket Tornado Alley
