certain amount of acres for a certain price. As the settlers moved west they noticed that the central United States was a great place to allow cattle to graze. The land was very flat‚ the cattle liked flat ground‚ and this made it much easier for the settlers to watch them. Gold was one of the main reasons for moving west. The gold rush sent settlers to California to “strike rich”. They faced many troubles and hardships on their journey west. It was a very long journey with mountains and deserts
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Strike the iron when it is hot: What we ingrain in young minds determine the future for them and the generations to come. As the world wakes up to decades of sheer recklessness in destroying world’s resources and to the clarion call towards sustainability‚ it is high time the discussions on the same enter the schools and colleges for future generations to understand the urgency of the issue and take right steps in their careers. As they say “strike the iron when it is hot”. What started in 1975 as
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald follows the story of Gatsby‚ a man whose desire to be one of the elite led him to acquire a great deal of money to create an idealistic dream life for himself of loving Daisy in a perfect world. Author might have written the title "great" ironically‚ meanwhile Gatsby is still great personally in many ways and much better than the society he lived in. Gatsby is one of the wealthiest people in West Egg and any of his parties would qualify as a legendary event
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Many of the facts surrounding the Underground Railroad changed between researchers because they must make their own conclusions based on the evidence that they do have. The most common inconsistency I saw was about the exact time and who was involved. I found author Henrietta Buckmaster to have the most convincing explanation of it. She explained the base facts about what it was and how it worked‚ but then went into more depth about who was involved and why they were involved. I found her explanation
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广东外语外贸大学国际商务英语学院 《高级英语写作(一)》2006-2007学年下学期期末考试试卷(A) 考核对象： 2004级全体学生 考试时间： 150分钟 班级： 学号： 姓名： Part I Vocabulary (1%×10= 10%) Directions: Beneath each sentence there are four choices marked A‚ B‚ C and D. Please choose one that best interprets the underlined part. Please write your answers on the answer sheet. 1. There were cottages sprinkled around the shores. A. scattered B. splattered C. splintered D. spread 2. Given falling
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chances for a northern rather than a southern railroad to the Pacific. In what ways did the Second Great Awakening in the North influence TWO OF THE FOLLOWING? The Second Great Awakening inspired several movements including the movement for abolitionism and the movement for temperance in society in the north. Abolitionism was an issue that the north and south were debating years before the Second Great Awakening took place in America. The Second Great Awakening
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workers gathered to discuss what steps could be taken to get better wages and working conditions. They compiled a list of demands to present to management‚ but when the workers’ demands were rejected‚ they agreed to go on strike until their needs were met. The Loray Mill Strike of 1929 was marked by
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Reconstruction officially lasting from 1865 to 1877 began as President Abraham Lincoln’s efforts to reunite the nation after the civil war. President Johnson continued Lincoln’s agenda initially but differed in terms of advancing civil rights for the newly freed. One of the biggest issues of Reconstruction was to grant equal rights to every American’s‚ especially for the African Americans. Even though slavery was abolished after the civil war‚ many Southerners‚ including Johnsons‚ were still against
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AP US History 11 February 2014 The Migration Series The Great Migration was a period in history when there was a massive relocation of blacks from the South to the North. These people were driven from their homes due to the lack of work available and poor treatment. They headed north and first filled the positions of those who had gone to fight in the World War‚ filling mainly industrial jobs‚ many of them in the steel industry. Migrants headed for cities like New York‚ Chicago‚ Philadelphia
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Physics in Badminton Intro to Badminton To many people‚ badminton is depicted as a "child’s game‚" a sport that doesn’t require serious competition as well as training. The stereotype that badminton is a slow simultaneously requires little action couldn’t be more wrong. In fact‚ badminton is a really intensive sport that requires highly concentrated action that consists of running‚ jumping‚ twisting‚ stretching‚ striking and diving. In addition‚ badminton also requires a stable mind. It
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