Chapter 17-The West: Exploiting an Empire Time Period: 1850-1900 1. Beyond the Frontier -line of white settlement at MO timber country by 1840s What’s in the West? What land? -“The Great Plains”/Prairie Plains: rich soil and good rainfall (Wisconsin down to Texas) -High Plains: rough‚ semiarid (Montana down to NMex.) -Rockies: formidable barrier (Alaska to NMex.) -Western Basin: home to many NA‚ desert‚ held in by the Cascades and Sierra Nevada‚ MOST travelers here (Idaho and Utah)
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The Progressive Reform Movement ! The modern America that society enjoys today pays homage to the reforms of the progressive era. Numerous positive changes occurred during this time through the efforts of progressive reformers‚ however‚ the most important social‚ economic‚ and political reforms were as followed: finalizing the right’s of women to vote‚ improvement in products‚ and the governments new way of regulating growing businesses and outlooks on government. Among those who benefited from
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Innovation at Progressive: Pay-As- You-Go Insurance Major Case Study The auto insurance service industry is a continually growing market with an endless number of customers looking to become insured. As a consumer of automobile insurance‚ I look for reliable‚ price sensitive‚ convenient‚ and quick service. Some of the automotive insurance industry’s service qualifiers would include offering proper coverage‚ reasonable costs and savings‚ and comprehensive attributes. Major competitors in the auto
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ASSESSMENT 1: PROJECT I A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common goal for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. Individual members interact with each other and with the team leader in achieving their common goal. Team members depend on each other’s input to perform their own work. They look to each other to complete their task‚ and they look to their leader to provide resources‚ coaching when needed‚ and a link to the rest of the organization
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the Australian legal system in recognising and protecting the changing nature of the family’. Society has often advanced quicker than the Legal system and often the Legal system tends to lag behind or sometimes has to tend to societal values. An area that the legal system seems to be addressing with respects to societal values is through recognising and protecting the changing nature of the family. The Australian Legal system has been moderately effective in recognising
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Progressive Regression: A brief analysis of the post-Soviet democratization process of Azerbaijan The demise of the Soviet Union of December of 1991 did not only bring an end of the Cold War; it brought over two-hundred and ninety-three million souls spanning over eleven time zones out of the shadows that lurked behind an Iron Curtain. This unprecedented event in modern history gave birth to an era of transition for the fifteen republics that would emerge‚ providing the world with one of the most
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Veronica Robinson Women in the 1920s The Nineteenth Amendment‚ passed in 1919‚ guarantees all American women the right to vote. The struggle to achieve this milestone was a long and difficult one‚ beginning win the 1800s with petitioning and picketing (ourdocuments.gov). Although‚ once it was passed‚ women felt a sigh of relief‚ as their voices were finally heard‚ just in time for a new era that was the 1920s. The 1920s were a time of questioning and contradictions when people‚ especially women
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Outline each of the types of intervention and evaluate their effectiveness (9 + 16 marks). One intervention is through biological means. For example‚ methadone mimics the effects of heroin but is less addictive and produces euphoria but to a lesser degree. Initially a drug abuser is prescribed slowly increasing amounts of methadone to increase tolerance to the drug. The dose is then slowly decreased until the addict no longer needs either methadone or heroin. However‚ this needs to consider individual
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The 1920s had seen robust economic growth in the United States. Mass-production techniques and the growing availability of electricity allowed industries to increase their output—and profits—dramatically. Employment levels surged‚ and many workers saw improvements in their standards of living. Consumer demand for new products also drove creation of new loan programs: for the first time middle-class Americans were able to purchase such goods as refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ and automobiles by making
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Evaluate the effectiveness of the law in protecting the community from violence. The term “effective” means to produce the intended or expected result. In other words if a law is effective then it achieves its stated aim and objectives. The main function of law is to enable individuals to live peacefully together. Laws allow individuals to live and work together towards meeting their responsibilities for the benefit of all members of the community. Violence is the behavior involving physical force
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