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    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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    Examples of perfectly planned and executed battles are few and far between in U.S. history. However‚ the Cabanatuan Prison Raid in the Philippines still serves today as close to an ideal illustration of planning‚ coordination‚ and effective command. LTC Henry Mucci of the U.S. Army’s 6th Ranger Battalion decisively adhered to the principles of mission command. He built a cohesive team through mutual trust‚ created a shared understanding‚ and took prudent risk to succeed. The raid was conducted

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    that just came out probably had history in it?Scary movies from the 1800s to the 2000s have changed abundantly‚ they have improved the quality of the movies‚ each year the movie have a different theme‚ and most of the scary movies have history. Many people that go see the movie when it comes out did not know any of this so your not the only one. Between the year of 1900 and 1920 many of the filmmakers are still trying to find new genres of scary movies. In the 1900 one popular movie was ““The Cabinet

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    1865 1900

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    1865 to 1900 Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. Death of Lincoln in 1865. Lincoln’s death changed the course of the country trying to rebuild after the Civil War. President Andrew Johnson was not popular and could not convince Congress especially the southerners to go along with him. Lincoln had a plan to build up the South and end the hate. He ordered amnesty and that the south be rebuilt. He pardoned‚ with a few exceptions

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    A HISTORY OF NATIVE AUTHORITY SYSTEM IN ABAJI‚ 1900-1960 BY MOHAMMED ALIYU ABUBAKAR U05HS1002 DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY FACULTY OF ARTS AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA-NIGERIA 2009 CERTIFICATION I hereby certified that this thesis has been read and approved as meeting the requirement of the undergraduate work of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria‚ B.A. History. _____________________________ _______________ Mal. S.M Aminu Date Supervisor _______________________________

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    EXPLORING THE WEST * No stop to the expansion to the west * 1840‚ Americans occupied all East of the Mississippi River * Less than 60 years after independence‚ most of population lived west THE FUR TRADE * Fur trade boosted exploration on America * Traders & trappers depended on the goodwill of Natives * Oregon Country was the trading place for Natives and Americans * Not until 1820 were Americans be able to challenge British dominance of the trans-Mississippi fur trade

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    Prisons

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    Beasley Jail’s and Prison’s Response Prisons range from minimum to maximum security. They are designed to house criminals who have committed similar types of offenses. The penal institutions of developed countries usually offer better living conditions and greater inmate safety than those found in undeveloped or authoritarian nations. Although most correctional facilities are intended to incarcerate adult‚ civilian criminals‚ prison types‚ exist for military personnel‚ juveniles‚ violent

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    Purpose and History of Corrections Jessica Malone CJA/223 January 27‚ 2013 Jeffery Newton Purpose and History of Corrections For most‚ luckily corrections have come a long way since the days of torture and the rack. In the following‚ history of punishment will discussed as well as the things that drove the reform of punishment. As punishment evolved so did the use and prisons. The following will dissect the early prison systems and how they matured over time. Two early systems‚ the Pennsylvania

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    Canada 1900

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    First Nation • A term used in place of “Indian band / nation” Pre-WW1 • Many Aboriginal peoples found themselves increasingly displaced as immigration increases in Canada • Illness and disease were becoming problems – Aboriginal populations were declining • Federal government’s policy of assimilation was being carried out through use of the residential school system‚ enforced farming‚ and reserve system o Residential schools had been set up under the 1876 InAct because the Act stated

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    Prison Cost Of Prison

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    no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits

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