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    Washington was named after the famous president‚ George Washington. Gold was discovered in 1852 by agent Fort Colville. Mining became a big thing. In 1860‚ gold deposits were found in Orofino Creek and Clearwater River. A rush of prospectors was brought to Walla Walla. Between 1880 and 1890‚ the population quadrupled. Most settlers were from the mid-east or east‚ but Washington also gained many foreign immigrants. When gold in Alaska was discovered‚ many people fled Washington‚ leaving Seattle

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    4.) Railroads development was a key to the revitalization of Colorado in the course of 1870’s. Who were the key players in this‚ what were the key lines‚ and how and why did the railroads rekindle and foster the territory’s growth? Railroad development in the 1870’s Before the railroads were established in the 1870’s‚ people traveled by wagon‚ horse and on foot. They traveled for days and months to reach their destinations‚ some did not survive the trip. When the Pike’s Peak Gold rush was

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    The Gold Coast

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    The Gold Coast Cape Coast is a city in one of the ten regions of Ghana‚ located in the Western part of Africa. It is about a 122-square-kilometer-stretch of land‚ with a 14-mile-of-land that stretches into the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean gives the natives their main occupation‚ which is fishing‚ and enabled the British missionaries and explorers to come over and exploit both the people and the land. Cape Coast was formerly known as the Gold Coast because it was so rich with gold‚ that gold was

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    The Railroads Role in the Settlement of the West One of the largest contributing factors in the settling of the American West was the completion of the transcontinental railroad. Development was a slow process in much of the west‚ due in large part to how long the journey took. The completion of the railroad made it both a faster and much safer way to travel across the country. In 1862‚ the Pacific Railroad Act was signed. It promised federal support to build the first transcontinental railroad

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    Summary Of The Rush Club

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    The book I read was called Rush. The situation in the story is that a young kid named Jake King is an adrenaline junkie in a small town called Brockton. Brockton is nestled in California’s san Limos Valley.The whole town hates Jake Because of how here is always trying to do something dangerous like diving off waterfalls or rock climbing. The main conflict in the story is how Jake wants to be a part of this club called The Immortals where they do a bunch of crazy things like jumping into fires along

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    august rush

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    The problem and its background Introduction: Bullying incidents in the Philippines continue to emerge and its severity in different cases increases as based on reports in television news. These incidents and acts usually occur in childhood and adolescence‚ and most of the reported cases happened in a school setting. This stage in children’s development is the time when they meet other people in the school environment and it is the time when the children experience being bullied or the children

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    Stereotypes In Rush Hour

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    “Never touch a black man’s radio‚ man!” shrieks Chris Tucker as Jackie Chan changes his car’s radio station to The Beach Boys. This is one of the many race jokes that Rush Hour uses‚ such as stereotypes and vulgarities. Rush Hour is a movie about two interracial police partners’ hijinks as they were assigned to do a simple task to keep them out of a high profile case. A Chinese diplomat’s bodyguard‚ Lee‚ helps perform a big police bust to recover a bunch of stolen ancient Chinese sculptures after

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    August Rush 2

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    Ejerson A. Beloso Feb. 11‚ 2011 BIT-CPT 2201 General Psychology August Rush August Rush is a movie which is a psychological movie that deals with the connection of the nature and nurture development. Nature development is responsible for cognitive aspects such as mental capacities‚ endowments‚ innate traits and other materials that contributed to development as passed upon generations through heredity. The inherent traits that an individual possesses are unfolded through

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    Chapter 6 Railroads Quiz

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    1. What do the majority of rail movements involve? Low value‚ heavy commodities 2. The basic unit of measurement for railroad freight handling is known as the: Carload 3. Which type of railroad car has the greatest numbers in service? Covered hopper 4. Who are the owners the greatest percentage of rolling stock in use? Class I railroads 5. What is the standard track gauge in the U.S? 4’ 8.5" 6. Which of the following helped lead to the erosion of rail dominance in U.S. transportation? Government

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    Big Time Rush

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    2007-2010: The beginning The name‚ Big Time Rush‚ was not formed until August 2009. In an interview‚ the guys state it was hard to pick the name and that the name‚ Big Time Rush‚ is a hockey term they came up with. They were signed to a record deal in 2009. Their debut single‚ Big Time Rush‚ was released on November 29‚ 2009‚ and had a strong debut on iTunes.[12] The single was also featured in the hour-long made-for-TV pilot movie‚ Big Time Audition‚ but the second verse and some choruses

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