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Matt Bear Mr. O’Hara International Relations 4 December 2014 America and Mexico: Where Are They Now? The United States and Mexico have been official neighbors since Mexico gained its independence on September 27th, 1821 after the Mexican War of Independence. Since then, their vast borders have been shared and disputed between the two nations and its people, with different problems arising such as illegal immigration and, more importantly, the mass trafficking of drugs and narcotics. In fact,…

Gardnerville, Nevada lies in the west central portion of Nevada, which is just east of Lake Tahoe. At over 4,700 feet above sea level, Gardnerville rests comfortably in Carson Valley where residents enjoy moderate weather and pleasant temperatures year round. Located in close proximity to Gardnerville are the communities of Genoa and Minden. Carson Valley offers all the residents of Gardnerville a chance to experience one of the world’s most popular locations for sailplane soaring and skiing.…

'Cadillac Desert 1' includes the introduction and the first chapter. The author introduces the big picture of the western water system, including its canals and dams. In the West, the arid climate isn't suitable for plants growing. As the catastrophic of drought happened in the 1800s and the 1930s, Powell believes that a federal irrigation program can solve the problem for the West. Then, people were constantly building dams for about fifty years, because they can storage water, help to…

Texas, commonly known as “The Lone Star State”, its official nickname, is the 2nd largest state with a population of about 28.2 million people on 268,597 square miles. Beyonce, Matthew McConaughey, and Janis Joplin (a singer from the 80s) were all Texans. If you like sports, you would be happy to know all of the Dude Perfect Crew were born in the Lone Star State. The Texas economy is the 2nd largest with a gross state product of $1.648 trillion. The beautiful Rio Grande is shared by Texas and…

The Bridge of San Luis Rey, by Thornton Wilder, begins with its focus on a bridge in Peru spanning between Lima and Cuzco. This specific bridge was beautiful and thought to be indestructible. The bridge of San Luis Rey collapsed suddenly, taking five people down with it. This troubled the locals and caught the attention of an Italian monk, Brother Juniper. This man had dedicated his life to using science and reason to prove God’s justice. Brother Juniper said, “But this collapse of the bridge of…

Those following the California Trail were going to the Pacific coast, moving to mining towns in hopes of finding gold. The California Trail starts in many different places for different groups. James Bennet, for example, left with a group from New Harmony, Indiana in April of 1850. Another westward settler, Thomas Turnbull, left from Chicago, Illinois. Even citizens from Ohio, like William H. Woodhams, were looking for new opportunities in California. Each of these California Trail groups had…

questions that I struggle to answer throughout my four years in seminary. As a pastor’s child without a direction and purpose, I was pushed into attending Fuller Theological Seminary right after I finished my undergraduate degree at the University of California, San Diego at the age of 21. I was hired as a junior high pastor a week after I was accepted into the seminary at a Korean American church located in Fullerton where the senior pastor…

expressing, discrimination sacrifices and most of all Loneliness and Dreams. As loneliness is a major theme in the’ Of Mice and Men’ novel it is clear to the readers that the majority of the characters feel that way. Set in the 1937 America, Salinas California, which is when The Great Depression happened, it tells the story of two ranch farmers set on a journey to find a new farm. They had to get away from the previous life they were living as incidents happened to result them leaving the place…

California has a long history prior to it’s entry into the United States. Indigenous Americans inhabited California for thousands of years before permanent European settlements occurred in the 1600s. California was occupied and claimed by Spain and Mexico throughout the 1600s to the late 1800s, contributing to California’s culture and history, before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo concluded the United State’s war with Mexico and ceded California to the Unites States. In 1849 a constitutional…

The United States has always been “home” to me because I feel that I have lived a bit of the quintessential American story. With immigrants for parents who was hoping for a better opportunity than what was offered from their home country. Moreover, my upbringing was a blend of my parent’s home culture and the new American culture combined with a United States education. As I have matured, I have noticed how much my life has been influenced by society’s opportunities and issues. The American…