“How important were railways in opening up the West?” (50 marks) The world’s first transcontinental railway came into being on the 10th of May 1869‚ after 6 years of intense manual labouring‚ much of which had occurred during the tumultuous years of the American Civil War. As it entailed a huge 1907 mile route – beginning at San Francisco Bay‚ and ending in Iowa on the Missouri River – the line could be described as monumentally important as it travelled through six of the 37 existing states‚ and
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The Impact of Expansion on Native Americans "The incorporation of the West into the national economy spelled the doom of the Plains Indian and their world‚" Eric Foner wrote. This sentence sums up everything pertaining to the impact of expansion to the West on the Native Americans. As Settlers moved westward in the 1850’s‚ the Army and the Plains Indians began a decades long conflict that would end with the destruction of the Indians way of life. In 1879‚ two years after surrendering to
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INTRO The expansion of criminal responsibility has broadened the scope of liability and defences applicable in relation to Offences Against the Person. PRINCIPALS AND ACCESSORIES Central to this expansion is determining liability through a person’s degree of associated knowledge and participation in a crime. In a criminal context‚ the principal offender is one whose acts or omissions are the most immediate cause of death. The identification of secondary parties depend on judicial interpretation
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Journal of Banking & Finance 23 (1999) 655±662 Expansion of commercial banking powers F F F or‚ universal banking is the cart‚ not the horse John H. Boyd * Carlson School of Management‚ University of Minnesota‚ 271-19th Avenue‚ Minneapolis‚ MN 55455‚ USA Abstract This short essay deals with universal banking in an environment in which a government safety net (for example deposit insurance) results in a moral hazard problem for banks. It argues that universal banking signi®cantly exacerbates
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discriminated against and look down upon in the White society. In reality the Chinese brought us new great agriculture‚ industrial development and commercial fisheries. Without the Chinese America may have not developed its infinite ways of new evolutionary expansion during those times. In the 21st century we
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In the pre-1990’s era P&G found their international expansion through the use of a localization strategy. They did develop many of their products in Cincinnati‚ but they relied on their semi-autonomous subsidiaries to manufacture‚ market and customize many of their products for the local markets their served. This model started to show signs of strain when many of the trade barriers that existed‚ specifically between European countries were lifted. This created an increase in competition‚ and
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Effect of Industrial Expansion on the ecosysytem. Pollutants given off by various industries and factories are often considered to be one of the prime factors contributing to air‚ water and soil pollution. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)‚ it has been estimated that industrial pollution is responsible for almost 50 percent of the pollution present in the United States. There are various wide-ranging effects‚ as well as serious consequences‚ of industrial pollution on the ecological
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31. Differentiate between Brainstorming and Reverse Brain-storming. Reverse brainstorming helps you solve problems by: combining brainstorming and reversal techniques. By combining these‚ you can extend your use of brainstorming to draw out even more creative ideas. To use this technique‚ you start with one of two "reverse" questions: Instead of asking‚ "How do I solve or prevent this problem?" ask‚ "How could I possibly cause the problem?" Instead of asking "How do I achieve these results?" ask
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Norse Expansion into North America In 985 or 986‚ with the Norse expansion west from Iceland into Greenland‚ the Icelanders met with a distant world‚ different from what they had left. Opportunities for agriculture were grimmer but game resources infinitely greater. Livestock farmers by preference‚ the newcomers spent their first decade clearing land for pastures and nursing their herds to increase the limited number of cattle‚ sheep and goats they had been able to ship over from Iceland. For
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Rise Expansion of Christianity No one can talk about world civilization without paid a close attention to the parts that play by churches. Either Christianity or Islam they influence humanity life. To illustrate‚ centuries after‚ this dramatic incident was thought to mark the beginning of the schism between the Latin and the Greek churches‚ a division that still separates Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox (Greek‚ Russian‚ and so on). Now‚ however‚ no big scholar maintains that the schism
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