FEE LEE WONG 1841 ~ 1846 1921 Fee Lee Wong arrived in Deadwood Gulch in December 1876. Like many Chinese immigrants on the Western frontier‚ Wong came seeking his fortune. Unlike most‚ he ended up making Deadwood his home. He built a business‚ married‚ raised a large family‚ adopted North American ways and shared his own culture with his non-Chinese neighbors. In the process‚ he earned the deep respect of his countrymen and the people of Deadwood. “He was a man of many accomplishments‚ shrewd
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The enlightenment era‚ can be said‚ produced some of the most critical ideas that clearly impacted the development of democracy. This intellectual period that roughly lasted from the 17th to the 18th century is responsible for producing some of the most brilliant political philosophers. Amongst these philosophers and philosophes were political revolutionaries such as Voltaire‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ Cesare Baccaria‚ Baron de Montesquieu‚ David Hume‚ and John Locke. The ideas they promoted and would
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Bottom of the ninth inning three balls‚ two strikes‚ bases are loaded‚ you’re down by 1 run‚ and a base hit would surely tie or maybe even win the game. You’re palms are sweaty‚ knees are weak and trembling. You feel the stares of the whole crowd looking at you either urging for you to fail or to succeed. The pitcher stares into your eyes trying to intimidate you‚ but you won’t go down so easy. You grip the bat tighter and begin to ease your mind so only the thought of hitting the ball is what you’re
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FDR was a leader for his time. He deserves credit for navigating the U.S. through the depths of the Great Depression of the 1930’s. According to FDR‚what he realized was that the Government needed to be a positive actor in stimulating opportunities where there were none. His actions brought relief to the country and helped reformed the U.S. economic system for decades to come. He did this against the reflexive instincts of the opposition conservatives. The traditional view of economic cycles was
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When I read “ A Quilt of a Country” and “ The Immigrant Contribution”‚ it opened my eyes to a new point of view on immigrants in the U.S. and all the good things they have done. If we didn’t have immigrants we wouldn’t be the same nation as we are now. Immigrants are the true creators of the U.S. Oscar Handlin has said‚” Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history.”(Kennedy pg.23) Everyone in the US are or
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Contributions of Classical Period Grade 6 The following question is based on the accompanying documents (1 - 4). Some of these have been edited for the purpose of this task. This question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view. Directions: ♦ Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction with a topic sentence that answers the essay question
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Adam smith Adam Smith /1723 – 1790/ Adam Smith gave the first scientific explanation of the working of the capitalistic market economy in the conditions of a free competition. For the first time in the history of economic thought Adam Smith worked out a complete economic theory that corresponds exactly to the interests of the developing industrial capital. The interesting is that he made it in the time when a men organizational form of the large scale industry (едрото производство) was
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Throughout time‚ there have been countless artists‚ designers and typographers that had the opportunity to make a bold statement‚ invent the next best thing or to engrave their name in the design industry for all eternity. Although ordinary people don’t realize a good design when they see it‚ they know it has attracted them somehow and they feel the need to ask and wonder how it came to be. Without question‚ Eric Gill has note ably revolutionized the type world. Without him there would be no benchmark
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We Have Arrived‚ at the End of the War On Christmas Day 1991‚ at 7:35 p.m.‚ the Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin was lowered and replaced by the new Russian Federation flag. The USSR officially ceased to exist on December 31‚ 1991. The fall of the Soviet Union signified the end of the Cold War (Nye 2). Obviously‚ this was a huge moment in our world’s history; a 44-year-old tension between two of the most powerful countries in the world‚ which almost brought us to a combative war‚ was destroyed
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Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier | Published a textbook that contained a list of elements‚ or substances that could not be broken down further‚ which included oxygen‚nitrogen‚ hydrogen‚ phosphorus‚ mercury‚ zinc‚ and sulfur. It also forms the basis for the modern list of elements. | Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner | Found that some elements formed groups of three with related properties. He termed these groups "triads". In all of the triads‚ the atomic mass of the second element was almost exactly the average
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