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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more stuff Agriculture: Many of the plant foods we take for granted came from the Columbian Exchange. The one everyone talks about is the potato and its effect on Ireland. Feed corn is another New World plant. If we look at the effect of the potato and corn on Europe and America (European culture in the New World) we see that these two starches made possible an explosion in the numbers of humans and domestic animals the culture could support. In his book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond
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During the period between 1870-1900 which is also called the Gilded Age‚ Americans experienced dramatic changes in their everyday lives‚ from the clothes they wore and food they ate to their opportunities for recreation. One of the main reason was the massive influx of European immigrants to achieve an American dream for a better life. Due to industrialization‚ America moved to the city. The sudden influx of millions of poor immigrants led to the formation of slums in U.S. cities. These new city
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Between the years 1865 to 1945‚ there were technological changes that occurred within the United States. There was three levels that these changes took place in: technical‚ organizational‚ and cultural/social. The question‚ however‚ is how did these changes allow the U.S. to mobilize our human and material resources so quickly during World War II? During 1917‚ while World War I was waging on‚ President Woodrow Wilson met with his cabinet to “consider the United States entry into the Great War (Coffey
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first things that Julius Caesar did and the thing that most people probably know him for is reforming the old calendar into the new Julian calendar that we still use today. Originally the calendar was based solely on war and agriculture. There were three months of war and one which you wouldn’t fight in because it was too cold so they used it as a time to rebuild. He renamed most of the month after Roman gods. March comes from Mars the god of
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1865-1900 was the period when the United States was changing from the Reconstruction period to the new Industrial age. The new change of the United States also changed the American agriculture for the citizens. The American agriculture changed because new technology was advancing‚ government policy was treating some people unfair‚ and economic conditions were rough for many. As the United States grows larger in population and larger in land‚ technology was becoming newer and better as well.
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The industrial revolution is known as a time of change. It took place in the 1800s and early 1900s‚ and lots of changes were made. New perspectives on issues came to life and changed the way we see the world today. Many strikes took place‚ people switched lifestyles‚ more jobs were created‚ and new innovations were brought to life. This time period changed America for the better and influenced the way one sees the world. Overall‚ the industrial revolution was successful‚ it increased the number of
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You had to take showers with other people in horrible conditions‚ and have naked men rubbing up on you. you had to work or be beaten. Could you survive during the holocaust in Germany? 2. Its thanksgiving time‚ family comes over‚ there will be a lot of food‚ and football will be on. Thanksgiving time happens during fall‚ the trees leaves will change colors‚ it’ll start getting colder‚ but I’ll still be hot enough for a long sleeve shirt. Thanksgiving is the time when family gets together and just have
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Is Macbeth’s vaulting ambition his eventual downfall? Discuss with reference to the text It is Macbeth’s vaulting ambition which leads to his eventual downfall. Within Shakespeare’s tragedies‚ the hero will have a flaw which left unfixed will lead to his eventual downfall. In the play Macbeth‚ Macbeth (the main character)’s fatal flaw is his ambition. However his ambition serves as both an advantage and disadvantage to him. He is a wealthy noble held in high favour but with the help of his ambition
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of science. Scientists are always innovating and modifying everyday things to make the world a better place. Finding a way to make cars faster; make processing chips smaller yet allow them to compute faster. These are the changes that change the world‚ but how about atomic changes. The world used to think that atoms were simple but in reality the building blocks of our universe were much more complex. One individual by the name of Ernest Rutherford proved this. Earnest Rutherford was one of the most
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