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    Russian Expansion

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    community. They were also upset at the United States’ delayed entry into World War II‚ resulting in over ten million Russian deaths. Post war‚ these complaints helped to form the basis of an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and animosity. Russian expansion efforts raised American fears of a plan for Communism to control the

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    the expansion of americans into the west was a major step in the 1800’s. the united states had a great deal of land that no one had ventured to settle. however‚ that all changed as the prospect of making it big in the west entered people’s minds. although white settlers wanted desperately to settle the west rapidly‚ they encountered varous problems. the west was land like thye had never seen. the climate could change from one extreme to the other in a matter of hours‚ it was very dry‚ there

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    Cattle Industry Expansion

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    By expanding the railroad systems westward and forcing Indian tribes to leave their land‚ Southerners were able to take advantage and conquer new lands to develop more urban societies. The cattle business started in the deep South‚ mainly Texas. Once the potential of cattle trade was realized‚ it expanded beyond Texas to other states like Wyoming and Nebraska (Goldberg‚ ed. 7‚ The American Journey‚ 55). It was easy for the cattle industry to expand far Westward since it was pretty inexpensive to

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    Understand the opening of the west. Montrell Simmons TB1 4/18/12 Westward Movement‚ the populating (by Europeans) of the land within the continental boundaries of the mainland United States‚ a process that began shortly after the first colonial settlements were established along the Atlantic coast. Despite those decades of continuous westward pushing of the frontier line‚ it was not until the conclusion of the War of 1812 that the westward movement became a significant outpouring of people across the

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    Economic Expansion

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    Economic Expansion 1. Briefly describe Hong Kong’s economy (background‚ GDP‚ growth rate‚ etc.)‚ (20 points) Everything about Hong Kong tells the story of trade. With beginnings as a small rocky island full of fishing villages‚ Hong Kong has grown to become one of the largest cities of trade and finance in the world. Hong Kong had a GDP of $325.8 billion USD in 2010‚ which represents a 6.8% growth from the previous year (“Economy: Hong Kong”‚ 2011). This growth is a nice change from the 2.7% loss

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    The Maritime Expansion

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    Catherine Cobon HST 102-101 Prof. Gardiner Notes: Thursday‚ April 04‚ 2012 Through the first week of notes in History: The Maritime Expansion History is the study of past events‚ as well as important events that happened in which we discover what brought us today to this actions. We always have to get down through these events in history‚ dig in and discover in detail the roots of life. Globalization is the systematic interaction and economic integration‚ an economic traffic. Most countries

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    132 days. 2‚200 miles traveling to California for the gold rush. There was a gold rush in California. Some challenges people faced when traveling to California gold rush were the long journey‚ the lack of resources‚ and the spread of diseases. One of the challenges that travelers faced was the long journey. “There were wagons of every kind‚ including well-built covered wagons and simple‚ open carts. Usually they were pulled by oxen‚ but some pioneers used mules. Not everyone sat in a wagon or cart

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    The Gold Rush established California as a place for life in the fast lane. It has been 150 years since that most significant event in California and the nation’s history. In 1848 a cry rang out that uprooted homes the world over and sent ships to the sea‚ wagons to the Northwest and hopes and dreams skyward. The cry was GOLD and the California Gold Rush was on. The Gold Rush had a profound impact on the settling of California. Hundreds of thousands came to find gold‚ and many of them stayed. San

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    Network Expansion

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    Network Expansion The fundamental characteristics and components of the a network of communications is well put together and is suited to their needs to support three stores. The Kudler network is small and only automated at the store level. In analyzing the current network setup‚ a determination will be made on a new network design. This will better automate the network communications between all physical locations of Kudler Fine Foods. Kathy Kudler’s business is still growing with a

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    Territorial Expansions

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    Samantha McNamara 1818 Red River Basin In 1818 America and Great Britain edited a treaty that was made in 1812. The treaty made in 1812‚ Treaty of Ghent‚ had settled the war in 1812. This treaty had to do with the territory of present day Minnesota and North Dakota. When they edited the treaty in 1814 it was decided that the United States and Britain would share the Oregon Territory (The). This change lasted until 1846. The Oregon territory became the northern border of the famous Louisiana

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