What specific types of hardships did an average american farmer not face as he built his homestead in the midwest? droughts
insect swarms
hostile indian attacks
limited building supplies

a drastic rise in oil prices ended decades of postwar.

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explanation:

the lachish letters were written by hoshaiah, a military officer stationed possibly in mareshah,   and sent to yaush, possibly the commanding officer at lachish.

the series of letters were written in carbon ink in ancient hebrew on clay ostraca, shortly before lachish fell to the babylonian army of king nebuchadnezzar in 588/6 bc during the reign of zedekiah, king of judah.