<span>The groups responsible for decimating the buffalo herds of the great plains in the late nineteenth century were the railroads and irresponsible hide hunters. Both of which sought to further their prosperity at the cost of those buffalo herds.</span>
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The history of the Black Plague serves to project the environmental and economic consequences of the current coronavirus pandemic, given the similarities between both historical events.
Thus, the Black Plague implied, like the current pandemic, an almost total cessation of economic activities at the global level, causing a consequent increase in poverty rates, with the consequent decrease in the population's standard of living.
But, on the other hand, the decrease in production during the Plague had beneficial effects for the environment, since it decreased the increasing rates of environmental pollution at that time. In this sense, a similar situation is being experienced in the present, since restrictions on certain activities and circulation in general have slowed down the already advanced global pollution process.
Hoover's response to the Great Depression was the Smoot-Hawley tariff which rose tariffs on over 20,000 products. This measure led to retaliation from foreign countries especially from Europe and they rose their own tariffs on their American imports, the American economy was hit back and it explains why Hoover's policy failed.
Hoover was nicknamed "Do nothing" by the Democrats, they blamed him for sticking to Laissez faire economics, but this accusation was wrong as he pushed for more state intervention which eventually failed.
The British Empire wasn't a consistent empire. Every colonie had their on viewpoint and methods for each empire. They did neglect some of there own and even america.
