The life in the 1840’s was harsh with more difficulties than today. According to the video‚ “Time Machine: The 1840s”‚ the Americans of the 1840s lived a rural‚ primitive life which lacked viable healthcare‚ education‚ and technology. At that time‚ it was easier for people to get infected - one simple‚ open cut on their skin was enough to lead to their demise. Also‚ there were no electricity in the 1840s to light up the dark night‚ thus people wanted to be home before the sun sets. The kids were
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Throughout the 1840’s and 1890’s the natural environment shaped the development of the West beyond the Mississippi like‚ where the best and worst settlement would be in the West‚ how there was a struggle for the expansion that the settlers of the West were pushing for and‚ how aspects like cattle and mining would influence the settlers. There were many environmental changes‚ as well as expansion in the West‚ and the increase in knowledge and development in industries‚ that were occurring‚ and causing
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to continue expansion amongst the land. This land to be discovered was known as the Frontier. The term “Frontier” is better understood as the front dividing the colonies from a seemingly endless expanse of land‚ prime for civilization and cultivation. Its vast uncertainties essentially led to a new beginning and the potential to attain the American dream. The early settlers had this ideal image of what the west was going to be like. It was a perfect vision of a wild‚ open‚ and free western territory
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migration from the settlements along Atlantic coast deeper into the land had strong impact on the mentality of people that later created the nation. Their spirit rest in the idea of unlimited opportunities and freedom. The further from the ocean into the West‚ the more true and uniquely American character rise in the community. The urge of going beyond one’s limits‚ of crossing borders‚ is perfectly presented in the film “Stagecoach” directed by John Ford. It presents a collection of people who travel
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regions” (Kung and Hahn‚ The Mississippi Delta Chinese: An Audiovisual Narrative). Quon said that “the whites were empowered‚ the blacks‚ definitely out of power‚ and then the Chinese were kind of in the middle. We knew it was not right‚ but what could we do” (Kung and Hahn)? Raymond Wong had said‚ “We were-in-between‚ right in between the blacks and the whites. We’re not black‚ we’re not white so that by itself gives you some isolation” (Block‚ “The Legacy Of The Mississippi Delta Chinese”). It was clear
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Malala Yousafzai (Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ; Urdu: ملالہ یوسف زئی Malālah Yūsafzay‚ born 12 July 1997)[1] is a Pakistani school pupil and education activist from the town of Mingora in the Swat District of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She is known for her education andwomen’s rights activism in the Swat Valley‚ where the Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school. In early 2009‚ at the age of 11–12‚ Yousafzai wrote a blog under a pseudonym for the BBC detailing her
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The American Frontier was the extreme limit of settled land beyond which lies wilderness‚ especially referring to the western US before Pacific settlement. The development and conquering of the American Frontier was extremely important to the country because of the many benefits it would have to the country with things such as more space and more states for the country. It is explained through works like Excerpts from Frederick Jackson Turner‚ The Significance of the Frontier in American History
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Westward Expansion and Sectionalism (1840-1861) At the end of the Mexican War during Polk’s term as president‚ many new lands west of Texas were yielded to the United States‚ and the debate over the westward expansion of slavery was rekindled. Southern politicians and slave owners demanded that slavery be allowed in the West because they feared that a closed door would spell doom for their economy and way of life. Whig Northerners‚ however‚ believed that slavery should be banned from the new territories
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In the 1880s choosing to be a farmer had its opportunity and a lot more difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general
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The Western Frontier and the Changes that took Place The frontier was land that had been untouched in the Western United States by white mans laws and way of life. As time passed‚ and the population grew on the frontier‚ and changes took place. Basic ways of life changed. Religious beliefs‚ laws‚ and regulations were challenged and adapted to the new settings. Each of these novels‚ The Pioneer‚ A New Way Home-Who’ll Follow‚ & Hope Leslie‚ take a different look at these changes that were taking
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