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    The last time I remember something as huge as starting in high school was having to move to Oregon from Alaska‚ but for better or for worse‚ here I am‚ attempting to make my mark on this big blue Earth. However‚ Highschool was never always just peaches‚ cream‚ rainbows and unicorns. If I’m to be one hundred percent honest here‚ I was legitimately terrified of it‚ whether it be the totally reasonable fear of being stuffed into a locker by a bully or getting lost in a labyrinth of corridors and passages

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    The first rail line in the United States is set to be built in California (the most populous state.) In 2008 residents of the state voted for the nation’s first bullet train to be built. Since the building of the train got approved there has been many questions regarding the cost‚ the route and the disadvantages of the train. The residents in California are aware that the train will help the state in many ways‚ but also bring some problems. Many people will benefit from this project‚ but there are

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    The journey towards the West was the path for American emigrants to search or move to new land. The trail that was used to move west became known as the Oregon Trail. The trail was over 2‚000 miles long. The trail was more used during 1840-1860.Over 500‚000 emigrants used the Oregon Trail. It took 4-6 months to travel the trail. Fur trapper would travel on horses or by foot.. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman were one of the first settlers. They decided to make the path accessible for everyone. Years later

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    LEGEND MAIN STREET‚ U.S.A. ATTRACTIONS 1 Disneyland® Railroad 2 Main Street Cinema Main Street Vehicles* (One-way transportation only) FRONTIERLAND ATTRACTIONS 22 Big Thunder Mountain Railroad 23 Pirate’s Lair on Tom Sawyer Island* 24 Frontierland Shootin’ Exposition 25 Mark Twain Riverboat* 26 Sailing Ship Columbia* 27 Big Thunder Ranch* hosted by Brawny. (Operates weekends and select seasons only) (minimum height 40"/102 cm) DISNEY DINING 28 The Golden Horseshoe MICKEY’S TOONTOWN

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    interest in expanding to the west‚ big businesses and companies were attracted to the money they offered. After the entire project was finished‚ Vanderbilt’s monopoly was already in session. His railroad empire was through New York and Harlem became his monopoly. After making millions in the railroad business‚ Vanderbilt finally laid to rest in 1877. But the question remains‚ is he a captain of industry or a robber baron. Cornelius was a man of wealth and greed. He took drastic measures in the

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    Railroads In the 1800s‚ the United States was becoming an industrial country and discovering the country around them. Immigrants and citizens were moving west. Inventors were creating new‚ easier‚ and more logical ways of doing things. With all the expansion going on‚ there needed to be a way for people to get around faster and transport goods. President Lincoln approved a request to build the idea of a railroad. A machine that could transport people from one side of the country to the other

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    Natasha Black Assignment 1 Settlement West There are many reasons the settlers were motivated to face dangers and hardships to move west. They believed they would have better opportunities in the west that they did in the east. The west was completely open and a place for new beginnings. Farmland was available and no one owned anything so everything was available for them to take‚ many settlers made a living working on farms‚ so this brought on many job opportunities for them. The United

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    Railroads should be considered one of the most revolutionary economic developments of the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Railroads needed to carry as much product as possible to make a profit. This lead to the construction of “feeder lines” that connected smaller cities to the main “trunk lines” that serviced the big cities. The growth of the railroads also increased steel production‚ coal mining‚ and technological breakthroughs like the air brake and Pullman sleeping car (Hawksworth

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    The Past‚ Present and Future of Computer Hacking Abstract Society relies heavily on technology for many things‚ but our use of technology opens us up to become victims of cybercrimes‚ like computer hacking. Hackers can be divided into three main categories: novice‚ intermediate‚ and elite. Hacking has been in the information technology (IT) field for a while. The first hackers appeared in the nineteen sixties and hackers have continued to make progress since then. People hack for a variety of

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    The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800’s‚ the railroad‚ which was invented in England‚ had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. ’Railroads were born in England‚ a country with dense populations‚ short distances between cities‚ and large financial resources. In

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