problem however‚ was a disease called Cholera which claimed the lives of many travelers‚ averaging one grave every 80 yards along the trail (Tindall‚ Shi 503). Along the way however‚ they still adopted the same lifestyle as they had back in the east. The women took the chores of being a housewife doing things such as cooking‚ cleaning‚ taking care of their children while the men took the jobs of steering the wagon‚ taking care of the animals and doing heavy labor (Tindall‚ Shi 503). It was the demands
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the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the west was a tough endeavor. Many things
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Socrates: 1. Sophists ~> professional teachers... Socrates was the greatest of them all (469-399 B.C.E.) 2. Followed the Sophists’ lead in turning away from the study of the cosmos and concentrating on the case of the human. Unlike the way the Sophists discoursed about the human being‚ he wanted to base all argumentation on objectively valid definitions. 3. Socrates’ discourse moved in two directions A. Outward - to objective definitions B. Inward - to discover the inner person‚ the
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The Legacy of the Oregon Trail The actual journey was not what Jesse Fremont had stated however. The trail was used beginning with the fur-traders and explorers who used it in the early 1820s and ended when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869. Most of the travelers were settlers who went through the paths of Independence‚ Missouri ending in Oregon’s Willamette Valley (Tindall‚ Shi 502). They were hoping to find new opportunities in the west and had started the trip with high hopes
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Real Estate Finance and Investment Shady Trail case Datum: 31-1-2012 Taco van der Hoest 303450 Dave Tettero 291138 Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective profitability of the Shady Trails property. Methods of analysis include trend‚ horizontal and vertical analysis as well as calculations such as Return on Assets‚ Return on Equity‚ Loan-to-Value ratio and the Gross Rent Multiplier. All calculations are found in the appendices
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question morality. In an article by Tim Garrison it suggest that the removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of agriculture‚ the discovery of gold‚ and racial prejudice that many whites possessed towards the Cherokees (Garrison). The tragedy of removing the Cherokee Indians and forcing them out of their ancestral land to soon become part of the trail of tears was a dishonorable act made by the
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Socrates believed the most important task‚ in life‚ was to care for ones soul. Socrates argues that the soul is immortal and that we must rise above our physical nature in order to gain true knowledge. He believed the soul was our very essence‚ and our bodies the instrument utilized in dealing with the physical world. Socrates seemed confidant that human beings survive physical death‚ therefore possessing an immortal soul. He felt a philosophers concern was not with the body but with the soul and
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THE APOLOGY OF SOCRATES. I know not‚ O Athenians! how far you have been influenced by my accusers for my part‚ in listening to them I almost forgot myself‚ so plausible were their arguments however‚ so to speak‚ they have said nothing true. But of the many falsehoods which they uttered I wondered at one of them especially‚ that in which they said that you ought to be on your guard lest you should be deceived by me‚ as being eloquent in speech. For that they are not ashamed of being forthwith convicted
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North Carolina Along the eastern United States runs a trail inching along from Georgia to Maine; this trail is known as the Appalachian Trail. It stretches for an amazing 2‚184.2 miles from Springer Mtn.‚ GA all the way to Katahdin‚ Maine. There are three types of hikers that attempt this life changing walkabout: the section hiker takes the trail and divides it up in sections to hike at separate times; the flip-flop hiker does sections of the trail in different places to avoid weather and crowds; the
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The topic that I decided to use for my research paper is the trail of tears. I decided to use the trail of tears because of its significance to the native American culture and also how this event has gone down as one of the worst moments in American history. The trail of tears included several different tribes like the Cherokee‚ Seminole and Muscogee tribes just to name a few. These tribes were treated unfairly and many died from starvation and disease during their journey. It began in 1831 when
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