soared in the Mountain State‚ while the region hurdled down an inevitable path towards industrial development. During this time of industrialization‚ southern West Virginia miners attempted to unionize the coal fields by joining the United Mine Workers of America‚ or in short UMWA. In September of 1921 a shootout erupted between agents of the Baldwin-Felts company guards and miners of Matewan‚ WV which sparked what became known as the Battle of Blair Mountain. The Battle of Blair Mountain was one of
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Monroe/Jackson and Westward Expansion Study Guide Vocab/People- Jackson/Monroe Era of Good Feelings- The federalist party fell apart and Monroe won the election by a landslide. He then ran unopposed for a 2nd term. There was relatively no political drama during this time. Missouri Compromise- The south wanted Missouri as a slave state to have more southern representation in the Senate. The north however‚ did not. Henry Clay created the Missouri compromise: Missouri would enter the Union as
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Cake Recipe Project Description: In the following project‚ you will work with a recipe‚ modifying the wording‚ checking spelling‚ changing margins‚ and inserting symbols. The recipe was originally created in an earlier version of Word‚ so you will convert it to Word 2013. Instructions: For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks: Step Instructions Points Possible 1 Download and open the file named exploring_w01_grader_h1.doc. 0.000 2 The
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Derek Bentley: Derek William Bentley (30 June 1933 – 28 January 1953) was a British teenager hanged for the murder of a police officer‚ committed in the course of a burglary attempt. The murder of the police officer was committed by a friend and accomplice of Bentley’s‚ Christopher Craig‚ then aged 16. Bentley was convicted as a party to the murder‚ by the English law principle of common criminal purpose "joint enterprise". The judge in court sentenced Bentley to death based on an interpretation
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Actress Marilyn Monroe was known for many things during her life‚ one of them being the world’s biggest and most enduring sex symbol of the 1950’s. She was a much admired international star by other woman and desired by men with her sexy voice‚ hourglass figure‚ and short blonde hair; despite her insecurities regarding her acting performances‚ Monroe suffered from pre-performance anxiety that sometimes made her unequipped to perform and was often the root cause of her legendary tardiness on films
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In “Go Tell it on the Mountain”‚ the Grimes family seems to be struggling with their religion. With the characters having hatred within the religion‚ living within fear (of God and Gabriel)‚ and family members only caring when something major happens‚ the family’s religious belief does not seem to sit well with the Grimes. Every day‚ there always seems to be some sort of war going on‚ whether it’s physical or spiritual‚ it always seems to be about the rejection of something. The major theme of “Go
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"A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains" Isabella L. Bird‚ an English woman offers an invigorating story of tremendous courage in her book‚ "A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains." She tells of her days and nights spent exploring as she traveled through various territories‚ in light of her illness and young age. The author accomplished a feat that few of us would dare to attempt as she ventured through extreme temperatures at the age of 22. This incredible journey was recorded in history through
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Central European Time (CET) and Central European Summer Time (CEST). If it were 1:00p.m.in Los Angeles‚ it would be approximately 10:00p.m. in Slovakia. Slovakia has a difference of 9 hours ahead of our Los Angeles time. 4. The Western Carpathian Mountains dominate the topography of Slovakia. They consist of a system of three regions of east-west-trending ranges—Outer‚ Central‚ and Inner—separated by valleys and intermountain basins. Two large lowland areas north of the Hungarian border‚ the Little
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Navigating the truck up the Sauk Mountain road‚ we were nearly at the five and half mile mark when the first true glimpse of Sauk Mountain’s west face came into view. Dead ahead‚ the four of us stared through the windshield fixated on the numerous switchbacks carved into the green vegetated hillside that emerged through the damp vaporous atmosphere. The summit above‚ hidden by a sea of clouds‚ the spectacle caught Holly by surprise generating a wake-up call. From her backseat position‚ “We’re climbing
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From The Way to Rainy Mountain A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma‚ north and west of the Wichita Range. For my people‚ the Kiowas‚ it is an old landmark‚ and they gave it the name Rainy Mountain. The hardest weather in the world is there. Winter brings blizzards‚ hot tornadic winds arise in the spring‚ and in summer the prairie is an anvil’s edge. The grass turns brittle and brown‚ and it cracks beneath your feet. There are green belts along the rivers and creeks‚ linear groves
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