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    Westward Expansion jr. Intro Westward expansion was known as one of the greatest times of America. I will go over what made it easier to get there. What people, really needed to be there. Also, many EEEVIL, acts in presidency. Westward Expansion Immigrants in the transcontinental railroad The Transcontinental Railroad was very important, but who made it important? The Transcontinental Railroad started being made in 1862. The Central Pacific railroad company laid track eastward from…

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    The process begins with an intravenous needle being inserted into both of the prisoner’s arms. The second needle is a backup incase something goes wrong with the first one. The first drug inserted into the prisoner’s bloodstream is a sedative, sodium thiopental that renders the prisoner unconscious. Next, pancuronium bromide is put into the intravenous line. This relaxes the muscles so much that it causes the lungs to stop functioning. Lastly, potassium chloride is inserted in the intravenous…

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    How can hospitality be expected by a guest who barges in and demands to take control? If hospitality is present in such situations, it will prove to be destructive. Similarly, when European explorers entered the New World, they discovered Native Americans, who had already been living in the Americas for several centuries. Undoubtedly, these indigenous people’s lifestyles were influenced by the climate, resources, and geography of this land. As the European explorers began to settle in the New…

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    When Americans first arrived on the East Coast, the Natives helped them survive in the land. But the Americans kept pushing for more territory, causing some Natives to fight to protect their land. Then as the War of 1812 rolls by, the British begin to arm the Natives, encouraging them to rebel. But with the British backing away from the states after the war, the Natives lost some fighting power. The Americans still pushed and pushed for more land, especially in the great harvesting lands in…

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    “May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't." This quote by George S Patton clearly displays the feelings of the American public during such an adverse time as World War II. The characters in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, possess these feelings as well. Throughout the novel, there are very clear parallels which connect the boys and events found in the novel to the people which endured the tragedy of WWII. The elements of fear and intimidation have a large impact on the various…

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    of “White civilization” because the natives are considered sub-human due to their skin color and cultural upbringing could be considered the literal definition of racism. The Native Americans were even given a section of land, which later became Oklahoma, to live in, instead of wherever their previous home was, in order to either separate them from “Our” culture or to assimilate into our world. This is significant because it led to either the tribes fighting against the Americans, which…

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    destructive agricultural disasters took place. Due to droughts and no rain, crops did not grow, leaving the soil exposed to the high winds that hit the area in the 1930s. Extending over a 150,000 square mile land and including parts of five states, Texas, Oklahoma, western Kansas, the eastern Colorado and New Mexico, the Dust Bowl was a period where more than 100 million acres of land of terrains were denied from ripe soil leaving only dry grounds and hills of dust all around. The Dust Bowl took…

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    ethno cultural nationalism. Ultimately, states are also established from Civil war circumstances, where there is distress and the war gives a typical level of comprehension among a few. This was apparent in Oklahoma, where it was involved by numerous Indian Natives, after the civil war, Oklahoma was proclaimed as a state described by its poor farmer populace however later discovered oil and assets. Ethnicity influences the presence of nation states as far as influencing governance structures…

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    receive land. This treaty was known as the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. It ceded some of the Choctaw nation land in exchange for fifteen million acres of the Indian territory. Not only did it cede land, but it also rid of the Choctaw race causing them to have to evacuate and head to the Indian territory which was located in Oklahoma. After signing away the land, the Choctaw leader stayed in Mississippi and was later elected as the Mississippi house of Representative…

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    By 1820, conflicts were already beginning to arise between slave and free states. At this time, The United States of America was divided on whether or not the Missouri territory would allow slavery once they achieved statehood. Before Missouri came about, there was an equal amount of free and slave states, and Congress’ decision could have tipped the balance of the Senate to favor either side. At first, Missouri was deemed to become a free state in the near future due to the Tallmadge amendment,…

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