California Trail

On January 25, 1915, events were only just underway to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal in San Francisco, CA. Alexander Graham Bell was in New York with several other important people. His assistant, Thomas Watson, was in San Francisco for the Panamic-Pacific International Exposition. President Woodrow Wilson was at the Whitehouse and Theodore Vail, the president of American Telephone and Telegraph Company was on Jekyll Island. History was being made in more ways than one on this…

The California High Speed Railroad should not be built because of the rising money. The money needed for the project is continuously rising. The amount of money approved by the citizens was $9.95 billion. However, it rose to $13.5 billion. Then, it increased to $48.6 billion. The money kept rising from millions and billions! The “final” cost to build a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2028 is predicted to be to a grand total of about $67.6 billion. It is claimed that…

Amanda, Nice job explaining several Hispanic cultural beliefs in your post. I wanted to add a couple that I also found interesting. According to Smith (n.d.), the way a healthcare provider greets a Hispanic patient and family member may convey respect or disrepect. She recommends greeting patients and their family members using a title and their full name for the first greeting. For example, saying "Hello Julio" is considered disrespectful, while saying, "Hello Senor Julio Perez" conveys…

On the morning of April 18, 1906, a massive earthquake shook San Francisco, California. Though the quake lasted less than a minute, its immediate impact was disastrous. The earthquake also ignited several fires around the city that burned for three days and destroyed nearly 500 city blocks. Despite a quick response from San Francisco's large military population, the city was devastated. The earthquake and fires killed an estimated 3,000 people and left half of the city's 400,000 residents…

4- Where and how the change comes to Jose’s life? When Jose goes to college and takes many humanity classes, practices critical thinking and get introduced to race relations, he realizes that looking like a Latino or being a Latino doesn’t bother him anymore. He is neither proud nor ashamed of who he is. His racism toward himself has soothed. But he was still strange to himself and his origins. Until he tried out a Latino student organization in his college called Unidad where Latino student…

San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Jason L Cook (4097527) American Public University System May 24, 2015 HIST102: American History Since 1877 Professor Robert Young The earthquake of 1906, although only lasting less than a minute caused an extensive amount of personnel and property damage not only from the quake, but the fires that followed. Many of the citizen affected by the incident refused to leave the city creating additional chaos. Rebuilding began almost…

had a hard time when they made their way across the lands in America for better resources and a new start. All the immigrants were given a hard time as they live their life in their new home. From 1830s to 1850s, Mexican immigrated from Mexico to California for many different reasons because it caused a major impact within American History because it forced the US through tough times like Manifest Destiny, daily life in new lands, start of a new war and an end to the war. According to “The…

Stephen Curry is an incredible all around man. He is known for his remarkable shooting abilities. He can also be known off the court as a great man donating to charities. His story inspires young and learning students. This is his background, obstacles, recent life and what he has done for the community. This is a bit of Steph's background. He was born in Akron, Ohio to Dell and Sonya Curry. His birth name is Wardell Stephen Curry II. He mostly grew up in Charlotte, Carolina. Dell played in the…

John Demcko P3 Strom Rags to Riches in the Desert: How Yuma County became Agriculturally Superior Ever since the dawn of mankind and the Agricultural Revolution, irrigation has been used to his greatest advantage to grow crops on fertile soil in just almost anywhere from the desert oasis of the Nile River in Egypt to China’s lush Yellow River Valley. The exponential success of the Yuma Valley Irrigation Project is one of these stunning examples of this technological feat that is as old as…

California enters its fourth year into the devastating drought. Local forests face looming wildfire threats. The drinking water supply of local communities are beginning to deplete. Farmers are unable to use a large portion of their land to plant crops. Many California residents have no access to water for drinking and showering. Sparkling lakes and rivers now run placid and dry. Throughout this four-year deprivation of water and struggles with mitigation efforts, I remained completely ignorant…