Chinese Immigration and the Building of the Railroad Long ago‚ people needed to get across the country. They didn’t have cars and plains‚ so they used trains. Before the trains‚ they had wagon trails‚ which were slow to use. In the 1800’s‚ workers in the USA started building a train from Nebraska to the west while California built a railroad toward the east. The work building the railroad was hard. Since not enough men in the area wanted this hard construction work‚ the railroad companies
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During the eight centuries of the Spanish War of the Reconquest ( from 711-1492 A.D.)‚ the Moors‚knights‚ and Christians‚ not comfortable killing one another‚ would allow themselves (once in a while) a respite; but in order for them to not become bored‚ and also to release their “manly” instincts‚ they would all compete in this hunting expedition existing in the Iberian lands. Deer and other lax animals were easy prey‚ and while a cornered bear or boar would put up a fight‚ it was never
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is the Cape buffalo which is known by some people as the African Buffalo. 2 The group met on four consecutive occasions and the medium used for our research was all internet based. Thus the Google search engine was used throughout. This project would bring to bear the basic facts and details about the Cape buffalo and would clear any form of doubt about its biology‚ mode of collection‚ uses (importance)‚ reproduction to mention but few. 1 1 BIOLOGY OF THE CAPE BUFFALO Cape buffalo
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through the area with a very complicated system of locks and water-pools. Before the creation of the Panama Canal‚ the only way to get from the east side of the US to the west by boat was by rounding the very dangerous southern edge of South America‚ Cape Horn. The creation of the canal cut thousand of miles off of ocean liner trips. One of the resources used is an
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the canal had an enormous impact on shipping between the two oceans‚ replacing the long and treacherous route via either the Strait of Magellan or Cape Horn at the southernmost tip of South America. A ship sailing from New York to San Francisco via the canal travels. 9‚500 km (5‚900 mi)‚ well under half the 22‚500 km (14‚000 mi) route around Cape Horn. The concept of a canal near Panama dates to the early 16th century. The first attempt to construct a canal began in 1880 under French leadership‚
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bound for the Pacific by way of Cape Horn. Three years later he set out upon his first crossing of the Pacific as one of the crew of the Cygnet. On the voyages that he went on his job was bringing back specimens from places he visited because he was a scientist and “willing” inhabitants.After participating in various trading and privateering ventures on both sides of Central America‚ Dampier had joined‚ a group of buccaneers bound for the Pacific by way of Cape Horn in 1683.Three years later‚ Dampier
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faster and cheaper. Such a canal would minimize the length of the journey for merchant ships travelling to the Californian coast. Without a canal‚ ships had to go through the hard and often dangerous trip around South America‚ taking in the dangerous Cape Horn. The canal cut almost 8‚000 miles off the journey from New York to San Francisco‚ making the journey cheaper‚ faster and safer. The canal didn’t have as great results for the civilians of Panama though. As the making of the canal went on‚ employment
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Hawai’i By: Kaleem Minor In January 1778‚ James Cook of Britain made his first visit to the Hawaiian Islands. He was the first European to ever visit the island group‚ which he named the Sandwich Islands in honor of one of his patrons‚ John Montague‚ the Earl of Sandwich. The ships then made a brief stop at Ni’ihau‚ the seventh largest of the inhabited Hawaiian Islands‚ and headed north to look for the western end of a northwest passage from the North Atlantic to the Pacific. Almost one year
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extinct. Both species were the victim of habitat loss and poaching. Both were considered conceded to the Chinese rhino horn trade‚ which has driven the price of horn beyond gold‚ despite no evidence to suggest the Rhino horn has any value beyond the placebo effect. All of the world ’s remaining Rhino species are considered at risk of extinction. All are threatened by the Rhino horn trade. The next Rhino likely to go extinct is the northern white Rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni)‚ a central African
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Bull Song→ point of view of the bull (sad treatment of animals) Capots→ Cape used in bullfighting (Vocab) ** contrast of the violence of the bull from the bulls point of view with the grace and beauty and artistry of matadors Bull is male Bull symbolizes power Repetition of like flies‚ like flies roaring- associate roaring with lions ( unusual image of like flies roaring)→ negative image! Shift to second stanza Stood dizzied: Sun and anger: reminiscent of the stranger ( killing
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