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    Westward Expansion. Westward Expansion is when the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory‚ and when many people migrated westward. Westward Expansion doubled the size of America. President Thomas Jefferson thought that this would be the key to the U.S.A wealth‚ but his hopes had actually almost destroyed the country. With these new territories people didn’t know if they would be free states or not. Many other problems and solutions came from making the Louisiana Purchase. One large problem

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    lived through the times as well as the leaders. Though‚ without the people making decisions for them‚ the government and “Heroes” of the time would have been nothing more than a small catalyst for Westward Expansion. Realistically‚ major characters and people throughout the Westward Expansion only made little to no difference. Besides Lewis and Clark‚ who explored a large portion of America’s new land‚ everyone else just sat in an office waiting for things to

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    Mexican War Expansion

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    No nation ever existed without some sense of national destiny or purpose. The people of the United States believed it was their mission to expand across North America. Expansion was inevitable because it would progress liberty and economic opportunity‚ expansion could have been stopped if Polk made different decisions‚ and the United States would be without certain states if the Mexican War hadn’t occurred. If the Mexican War had not occurred‚ many things would be different. For example‚ 525‚000

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    the term “Gilded‚” seems to apply to this sentiment. Foner explained the term as‚ “covered with a layer of golf‚ but it also suggests that the glittering surface covers a core of little real value and is therefore deceptive.” (616-617). Westward Expansion gave people hope of achieving economic success in new places‚ but did not prepare these people for the hardships that would involve their families or the Native-Americans who already occupied the land. The first verse appears to show the appeal

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    Modern Human Expansion Archaeology 201 November 23‚ 11 Modern Human Expansion Modern human expansion from Africa began 70‚000-85‚000 thousand years ago‚ but recent discoveries have found that they could have exited as early as 125‚000 years ago. Many factors lead to the beginning of the African exodus of the modern human population. The most prominent factors involved with their rapid expansion are the drastic climate changes in that area. As well as that‚ a diverse diet rich in seafood

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    1 Communism Map Interactive Transcript Worldwide Expansion and Contraction of Communism Question: Which parts of the world were enveloped by the expansion of Communism in the 20th Century? See below for a list of communist countries by year. You can see how the number of communist countries seemed to grow almost exponentially in only a few years. 1900: None 1917: Russia 1921: Russia‚ Mongolia 1925: Russia‚ Mongolia 1930: Russia‚ Mongolia 1935: Russia‚ Mongolia

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    Toyota's Global Expansion

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    Case 1: Toyota’s Global Expansion Toyota is expanding aggressively to overtake General Motor’s first position in volume. Its goal won’t be achieved if Toyota only focusing its manufacturing plant only in Japan‚ because as the volume increase the demand stay still in Japan‚ and if Toyota exporting their product it will make their cost higher and resulting uncompetitive price. So Toyota built their manufacturing overseas by considering country’s law‚ agreement‚ demand‚ taxes‚ currency and cost

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    For this assignment‚ the movie I decided to watch was called ‘Avatar’. This movie is about humans‚ or “sky people”‚ travelling to the planet Pandora to conduct studies over the natives that live on the planet‚ and to gain resources that the planet provides. The natives on Pandora are called the Na’vi‚ and they are blue creatures who are much different than humans. One of the humans that travelled to Pandora to study the Na’vi is named Jake Sully. Jake is a paralyzed ex-marine who decided to travel

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    Cattle Industry Expansion

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    The cattle industry started to see substantial growth around the 1860s. This growing industry provided new opportunities and endless possibilities to people in the South‚ as they began taking over new lands in the West and creating cow towns. Many Indian tribes were displaced from their native lands so they could be used for the cattle trade. This caused conflicts between white Americans and the Indian people. By expanding the railroad systems westward and forcing Indian tribes to leave their land

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    One of the key parts of westward expansion in the US was The Homestead Act that was implemented on January 1st‚ 1863. This act stated that men and women (who were not married) and 21 or older could apply for up to 160 acres of land in the west. The requirement was that they must live on the land for 5 years and “improve upon the land”. If they did this then the land would become theirs for $10. The Homestead Act favored white homesteaders and they were able to acquire over 285 million acres of land

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