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    Chinese American History

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    The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820 according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush[12] which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.[13][14][15] There were 25‚000 immigrants by 1852‚ and 105‚465 by 1880‚ most of whom lived on the West Coast. They formed over a tenth of California’s population. Nearly all the early immigrants were young males with low educational levels

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    world. - 35‚000 YA & 10‚000 YA SFI: Ice freezing oceans to glaciers Nomadic Asian hunters took 250 centuries to cross Incan‚ Mayan‚ Aztec civilizations - 2‚000 languages‚ approx. 54 million peoples Themes: American Diversity Culture Religion Environment The Earliest Americans MI: Agriculture‚ esp. corn growing‚ spread through civilizations slowly‚ creating civilizations that grew in population and sophistication‚ all the while showing no dominion over the land. Some of these tribes

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    Throughout American history‚ these traits have led to the success of many people. Being determined to achieve your goals is necessary for any kind of success; Financial success is no different. Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one the most famous businessman of the 1800s and in American

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    After reading Chapter 9‚ I became more aware of what revolutions really were. Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington described a revolution s “a rapid‚ fundamental‚ and violent domestic change in the dominant values and myths of a society‚ in its political institutions‚ social structure‚ leadership‚ and government activities and policies” (p.186). This definition from Huntington goes hand in hand with what I read in powerpoint 13B. it didn’t take me long to find out something new about revolutions

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    Healthcare In The 1800s

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    Since 1800’s till recent years‚ the healthcare system of United States of America has been evolved from a simple traditional system of home remedies and itinerant doctors who were without proper training to a complex‚ scientific‚ technological‚ and bureaucratic system which is also referred as the "medical industrial complex." The authority of medical professionals and medical science and technology have been the basic building blocks for this complex. Prior to 1800’s‚ domestic medicine had been

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    Sectionalism In The 1800s

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    In American History‚ we are currently studying the concept of sectionalism. Sectionalism is division within a country based on regional beliefs and interests. In the early to mid 1800’s‚ sectionalism in America grew as slavery divided the nation. Slavery was ignored‚ compromised and argued about by the states until the conflict drove our country until the Civil War. Although regional differences are not as distinct these days‚ many issues are currently causing division among the states and people

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    African American History

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    Garret Hawthorne HIS 14 FALL 2012 Essay Assignment Due: November 29‚ 2012 An analysis of the book Harriet Jacobs autobiography Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl reveals‚ in my opinion‚ that it is an accurate representation of the antebellum South under a slave system based on other published works such as Soujourner Truth‚ Address to the Womens’ Right’s Convention Akron‚ Ohio 1851 and Benjamin Drew‚ Narratives of Escaped Slaves 1855. The accounts described by Harriet Jacobs are consistent

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    American History Notes Ch.1 * 1000-1200 AD … Cahokia community * Part of the Woodland culture (Missisipian people) * Pop. 10‚000-20‚000 * Gone by the time Europeans come to America * Lived along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers * Lived in houses * Farmers * Traders * Largest civilization in US * Moral Code * Mound builders The great serpant mound is theirs * May have went extinct because of drought‚ locusts

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    Jessica Acevedo History 1302 October 10‚ 2012 Norman. Love It fascinates me how the human mind has developed from the beginning of time‚ till now. I mean technology itself has transformed the word. New inventions are created each day‚ improving machines‚ and almost everything. Throughout history people have created things that have made life easier. Transportation has always been very important. It has been a huge part of history. Of course like every other resource it had its pros and cons

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    AP US History DBQ: Native Americans-White Relations‚ 1800-1850 In the time period of 1800-1850 white Americans expanded across the vast lands on the western side of the continent and regularly encountered conflict with various Indian nations. In these documents‚ interactions for the various Indian nations were subjected to different cultivation between each tribe per say that there were responses that filled different needs and demands. Some tribes provided benefits such as agriculture and household

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