questions on this study guide. QUESTIONS FROM PAST UNITS WILL ALSO BE ON THIS TEST. 1. What was the idea behind “Manifest Destiny?” The idea that Americans had a God-given right to conquer and civilize North America 2. How did over landers move west? Oregon Trail 3. Explain the reasons that motivated people to move west. • Indian Removal Act • Homestead Act • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Mining Frontier • Farming Frontier • Manifest Destiny • Tech advancements • Mormon migration • East conditions of life •
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WYOMING History and Important People For many years the Wyoming region was divided into two parts. The section west of the Continental Divide was part of three territories first Oregon‚ then Utah and Idaho. Eastern Wyoming was included in Nebraska and Dakota. Finally‚ in 1868‚ these sections were united into Wyoming Territory. The following year legislature granted that woman had the right vote and the right to hold office the first such legal recognition in the United States. In 1924 Wyoming elected
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Farmland Working Group and Brad Barker‚ Conservation Chair of the Yokuts Group of the Sierra Club. The film was a documentation of radical environmental activists group that had taken some very extreme measures aimed at environmental offenders in Oregon‚ Eugene and other locations during the late 1990’s. The name of the group was referred to as ELF – the Earth Liberation Front. Most of the group had been arrested; sixteen in total had been brought down by a member named Jake Ferguson. Ferguson had
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Manifest Destiny: the 1840s – Compromise of 1850 Thesis Statements 1. The expansionist policies of Thomas Jefferson and James K Polk successfully strengthened the United State economically‚ domestically and internationally. Although the effects of these policies may not have become apparent within the first couple years following‚ they have definitely shown how they strengthen the country over time. These expansions of the United States set up the foundation for the future of this country
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Kip Kinkel School Shooter Philip "Kip" Kinkel was born on August 30‚ 1982 in Springfield Oregon(TruTv). Growing up Kip had an interest in firearms from an early age(PBS). At first his father did not like the idea‚ but later he enrolled him into a gun safety course and bought him a .22 caliber Ruger long rifle and eventually a 9 mm Glock handgun when he was 15(PBS). During an interview with Newsweek Kip said that his psychologist told his father to "let Kip have the guns‚ for it will be a
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Into to business and technology Vuoriaho 09/02/13 The Life of Phil Robertson Phil was born in Vivian‚ Louisiana on 24 Apr 1946. He is an entrepreneur who started the company Duck Commander where his sons and friends hand make duck calls and has a net worth of $15 Million to this day. His wife is Kay‚ his brother Si‚ and his four boys‚ Jase‚ Willie‚ Jep‚ and Alan. Phil was never quite satisfied with duck calls that were on the market so he began to experiment with making a duck call that sounded
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PIONEER DIARIES The Oregon Trail was much more than a pathway to the state of Oregon; it was the only practical corridor to the entire western United States. The places we now know as Washington‚ Oregon‚ California‚ Nevada‚ Idaho and Utah would probably not be a part of the United States today were it not for the Oregon Trail. That’s because the Trail was the only feasible way for settlers to get across the mountains. The journey west on the Oregon Trail was exceptionally difficult by today’s standards
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an unsatiated need for quality salad greens. The close proximity to Eugene ensures a steady flow of customers. MGSG is a start-up grower and distributor of exotic salad greens for restaurants and individual consumers. MGSG is located in Blue River‚ Oregon and serves the southern Willamette Valley. MGSG’s objectives are to develop a product-based company whose goal is to exceed customer’s expectations‚ increase production efficiency by 10% a year‚ and lastly‚ and develop a sustainable farm business
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References: Huttman‚ Barbara. "A Crime of ComCompassion." 75 Readings Plus! 2002: 276-278. Oregon Health Authority. "Information on the Death with Dignity Act." (n.d.). State of Montana. . Washington State Department of Health. Death with Dignity Act. .
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especially Texas‚ since they were certain that new lands meant new slave states. However‚ some proslavery advocates‚ notably South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun wanted Texas‚ but worried that other incorporate lands‚ especially California and Oregon‚ might become Free states people by darker skinned citizens‚ which would shift power away from the white slaveholding regions. Some Americans also saw the violence associated with expansion as simply wrong. Many residents of the lands from Texas to
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