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Gold Rush Strongly Influenced
1,431 wordsThe gold rush of the 1850 s symbolized Americas quest towards westward movement, challenges of life on the frontier, and the impact it had on California's growth. As a result, the gold rush strongly influenced the shaping of American History. Many people that had heard of the gold rush in the 1850 s moved right out there as fast as they could to get their hands on that gold. Once the people got out there they wouldnt return back to the east. As a result, the gold rush strongly influenced the sha...
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War Began Japan
334 wordsWorlds first democracy in Athens, Greece Rome managed to defeat Carthage for the second time and gain dominance in Mediterranean. Church council began to implement Peace of God Movement. Truth of God prohibited fighting from Saturday afternoon till Monday Church came forth with the statement a Christian who slays another Christian sheds the blood of Christ King Richard of England ordered the beheading of 2700 Muslim prisoners captured during the Crusade European chivalry shaken by violence began...
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December 7 1941 Attack On Pearl
1,054 wordsWorld War Two was well under way when the Japanese bombed Pearl Habor. It came as a shock to many and is a very reminiscent incident. The event that took place on December 7, 1941 has and always will be a very significant event in American and world history. It shaped the way of the war and left a huge impact on society. Just the name Pearl Harbor brings to mind the infamous day when the United States were forced into World War Two. During the 20 s Japan suffered greatly due to industrial overca...
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Electronic Commerce Cellular Phone
1,191 wordsConvergence of Internet with Other Technologies The Internet is a significant part of our everyday life. Ever since it was invented by the Department of Defense while the Cold Wars were still raging, during the 1970 s, it had been advancing dramatically in its importance in our society (The Dynamics of Mass Communication, by Joseph R. Dominick, p. 326 - 327). The advantages of the Internet, which made it popular, are countless. It provides users easy and inexpensive access, allows users to commu...
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America Decision To Drop The Atomic Bomb
1,510 words... sent to Professor James L. Cate in January of 1953, Truman claims: I asked General Marshall what it would cost in lives to land on Tokioplain and other places in Japan. It was his opinion that such an invasion would cost at a minimum one quarter of a million casualties, and might cost as much as a million on the American side alone, with an equal number of the enemy. The other naval men present agreed. And finally, on April 28, 1959, in front of students at Columbia University, Truman stated...
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National Hurricane Center Atlantic Ocean
1,449 wordsThe term "hurricane" is a name given to violent storms that originate over the tropical or subtropical waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or North Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes need warm tropical oceans, moisture and light winds above them in order to maintain themselves active. Those storms other than the ones considered typhoons are known as tropical cyclones, which is the general name for all such storms including hurricanes and typhoons. Hurricanes are named based on ce...
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Twenty Five Percent Percent Of People
1,943 wordsIn this paper I intend to evaluate the voting habits of the American public. I will look at how race, sex, education level, marital status, income level, current employment status, and age effects whether or not people vote. I am also going to examine which political parties these groups have historically voted for, why they vote for them, how this has changed over the years if it has changed at all, and why it has changed. I believe that from previous voting information you could fairly well pr...
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The Pacific Sands Eco One
917 wordsThe Pacific Sands Eco One line of spa products, formulated from select natural enzymes, is a nontoxic alternative to chlorine and bromine for use in consumer spas and hot tubs. () The product is heat-activated, has a pleasant lemon scent, leaves water clean and clear, and does not need to be rinsed off the skin after spa use, unlike chlorine and bromine. Spa users are increasingly complaining of adverse reactions to toxic chemicals commonly used in the spa industry; reactions such as itching, ra...
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000 Years Ago Papua New Guinea
1,657 wordsOceania is a collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. A more common definition excludes the Ryukyu, Kuril, and Aleutian islands and the Japan archipelago. The most popular usage delimits Oceania further by eliminating Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines, because the peoples and cultures of those islands are more closely related historically to the Asian mainl...
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Cold War Era World War Ii
1,667 words... it further divided them in their quest for non-proliferation. The situation that formed in Asia and the Pacific Rim after WWII was basically a battle between the West (America, capitalism) and the East (USSR, communism). The war created two super-powers in Russia and the USA. Russia immediately began to convert all their territory gained into communist puppet governments. This caused disagreement between the US and the USSR. The US then tried to suppress the spread of communism. This started...
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Sir Francis Drake Spanish Armada
1,715 wordsSir Francis Drake Francis Drake was an experienced and daring seafarer. Among many adventures, the famous voyage, his successful circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580 ensured that he would be one of the best remembered figures of Tudor England. In his own lifetime, he was thought of with mixed feelings, both at home and abroad. Some English people regarded him as a hero, but he was distrusted by others, who saw him as having risen above his station. Although he was feared and hated...
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Great Barrier Reef Coral Reefs
1,353 wordsCoral reef Coral reefs are arguably the world s most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called the rainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yet finished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral reef. There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. Fringing reefs are located close to shore, separated from land by only shallow water. Barrier reefs...
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Hudson Bay Company Rocky Mountains
781 wordsJohn McLoughlin was one of the most influential figures of the fur trade and settlement periods of Pacific Northwest history. Chief Factor of the Columbia District of the British Hudson's Bay Company, he reigned as a benevolent autocrat, befriended Americans, and eventually became an American citizen at Oregon City. He was born in Quebec in 1784 and trained as a physician near Montreal. He became a physician and traveled to the Northwest region in 1824 as a representative of the Hudson Bay Compa...
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Anglo Saxon Anne Hutchinson
2,171 wordsLisa Janet from Robert Duncan: The Ambassador from Venus " At dawn in Oakland in the cold of the year I was born, January 7 th, with the sun before rising or just below the horizon in the false dawn and Saturn in his own house, in Capricorn. But that is according to the old astrological convention. Actually, the sun has advanced; the winter solstice has progress to the sign of Sagittarius. I was born in the head of the archer. " Robert Duncan, " A Sequence of Poems for H. D. s Bir...
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Move Forward High Water
744 wordsRiver Demonstrates and points out the harsh and pacific realities of life. The river teaches us to let go of regret and move forward in one direction. The more constricted a river is the more violently out of control it becomes. Growth. Give the river credit. Every river is different. What matters? Why do you love? What do you know that no one else knows? Take a chance. Talk, listen, cry, roll off a waterfall. Laugh. You know how to laugh. Make a fool of yourself. Enjoy the high water, appreciat...
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United States Government Due To The Fact
1,884 wordsIn 1893, the island nation of Hawaii, with support of plantation owners and missionaries from the United States, was invaded by the United States. In doing so, a treaty was being broken between the United States and the Hawaiian government. It also broke an international law, which forbids acts of aggression. Just five years later, with President Cleveland s disapproval, Congress passed the Newland Resolution which claimed Hawaii as a United States territory. (Annexation) All this happened in li...
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Civil War Pacific Building Railroads
298 wordsHistory of Railroads Railroads were born in England, a country of dense population, short distances, and large financial resources. In England problems were very different from those in America, which in the early 1800 s was a nation of great distances, sparse population, and limited capital. Americans had to learn to build railroads for their own country by actual experience; they could not copy English methods. The first American railroads started from the Atlantic ports of Boston, Mass. ; New...
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Spanish American War U S Troops
1,079 wordsImperialism and Its Motives Imperialism began to grow just before the turn of the twentieth century. During this time America s businesses were growing and need more markets. The United States was becoming a world power, and with that some people felt there came obligations. The United States economic growth and powerful figured led to incidents overseas that caused war, especially the Spanish-American War. The nation was growing. Industry was doing well. Businesses were booming. The United Stat...
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United States Congress United States Army
988 wordsPANAMA CANAL The canal is joining the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It runs from Cristobal on lemon bay, a part of the Caribbean sea, to Balboa, on the Gulf of Panama. The canal is slightly more than 64 km long, not including the dredged approach channels at either end. The minimum depth is 12. 5 m, and the minimum width is 91. 5 m. The construction of the canal ranks as one of the greatest engineering works of all time. In history people had interest in a shorter route from the Atlantic to Pacif...
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Pectoral Fins Lower Jaw
2,006 wordsTo look up into the mountains and see the steam rolling from a mountain stream on a cold winters morning is a beautiful sight. However, to look out over the horizon and see the white spray of salt water coming from the blow of a huge hump-back whale is much more exciting sight and a whole lot warmer. I lived in the mountains of Colorado for most of my childhood. The first time I had the opportunity to see the ocean was on a vacation to California, when I was about 15 years old. It was even bette...
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