To survive is to continue to live‚ especially in spite of danger or hardships. Many people learned how to survive when they searched for a better life. Thousands of settlers travelled west in search of land‚ which‚ at the time of their travels‚ was the most valuable resource. Many pioneers risked everything they had to search for a more prosperous life. The pioneers that traveled along the Oregon Trail faced the most difficulty trying to survive and thrive in the West due to unpredictable weather
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John Gonzalez 01-4-11 Per.1 Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Harriet Tubman was a spy in the Underground Railroad. Harriet would steal slaves from slave owners‚ to give them there freedom. Each slave was about one thousand dollars worth of flesh‚ bone‚ and muscle. Some fugitive slaves were fearless‚ trust worthy‚ and smart. Before she rescued the slaves‚ she had already figured out a plan to save the slaves because she was intelligent and eager to do something
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The excerpt from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad‚ by Ann Petry‚ is a biography of six-year-old Harriet and how she learned the meaning of slavery and life. When Harriet Tubman was just six-years-old‚ “she could not…have said how or at what moment she learned that she was a slave.” Little Harriet was well aware of her siblings and parents being slaves‚ but she never knew she would end up being one too. Through all of that‚ Harriet ended up learning a lot of things of the real
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Iris Chang’s writing “Building the Transcontinental Railroad” and the argument “Declaration of Sentiments” by Elizabeth Cady Stanton each express similar ideas. During both of these pieces‚ the authors address times when majority groups punished minority groups in society. These pieces also share a likeness to one’s struggles due to discrimination of race or gender. These writings by Stanton and Chang showcase that division between people in society often occurs when groups of people oppress and
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“Emblem of Motion and Power” Railroads allowed for vast expansion of markets‚ travel‚ and communication across the ever-expanding United States. Building the Empire Local‚ state‚ and federal governments loaded millions of dollars into the railroad industry which led to much corruption including the Crédit Mobilier scandal of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Contract and Finance Company with the Central Pacific. Federal subsidies came with a catch; the railroad companies had to carry government
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country was improved immensely. Railroads were built connecting the east and the west and provided a means of transporting goods and people across the country. John Stevens‚ the father of American railroads‚ charted the first railroad in 1815. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad was the first completed railroad in the country‚ 1830. Two other significant railroads included the Saratoga‚ which improved trade with the Native Americans‚ and the Transcontinental railroad‚ which was joined by the golden spike
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and technological developments would change that. Technological developments that contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890 include the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad‚ the railroad system expansion with the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads‚ hydraulic mining‚ and barbed wire. The railroads led to economic and industry growth and transportation that was easier
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unexplored. As America grew‚ the idea of westward expansion (the settling of the west as the country expanded) grew ever more popular. But how did pioneers cross the American Wilderness? Before the groundbreaking completion of the Transcontinental Railroad on May 10‚ 1869‚ settlers traversed the American West along rough-hewn trails. One such trail—and one of the most well-known—was the Oregon Trail. Stretching over 2‚000 miles from Independence‚ Missouri‚ to destinations in Oregon and California
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Executive Summary Statement of the Problem National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) is the primary provider of passenger-rail service in the United States. Amtrak has never been profitable in its 30 year history and will lose federal subsidies for operational expenses by 2002 because of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act (ARAA). Amtrak is planning to launch the Acela line in the Northeast Corridor of the US to become self-sufficient‚ which will not only offer faster trip times‚ premium
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On February 24‚ 1928 the Court of Appeals of New York first heard the agreement of Helen Palsgraf verses The Long Island Railroad company‚ appellant. After three long month of hearing both parties argument the majority ruled that the railroad is not liable for Palsgraf’s injuries because the injuries were not a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the railroads negligence’s. The opposing side argued that if the duty can be traced back to the wrongful act that it is sufficient enough to establish
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