The Overland

mchair civil war nerd here. General Grant was a brilliant general and changed military tactics during the Civil War. Though, the civil war itself were changing how people perceived war (aka rifles and precise cannons). Early in the war, Grant was an unknown general in the west. He later gain fame with the successful strikes at Fort Henry and Donelson. However, Grant and the army ran into trouble when attacking Corinth, Mississippi. The army was caught unaware and the bloodbath of Shiloh took…

The “Oregon Fever” soon became an epidemic. Know as the "Oregon Trail," the route ran along the Missouri and Platte Rivers, across the Great Plains, and through the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains. The starting point for the 2,000 mile Overland Trail was Independence, Missouri where nearly 300,000 Americans met and traveled west; typically in a covered wagon carrying all of their belongings, inspired by words of O’Sullivan. The phrase manifest destiny was widely used and there were many…

The Battle of Myitkyina During World War II, a major battle took place between the Japanese and American forces which would come to be known as the Battle of Myitkyina. This battle lasted from March 15, 1944 to August 3, 1944 and took place mainly on the Ava Bridge located in the Northern Burma Region. The Battle of Myitkyina resulted in the Myitkyina Airfield being seized which was the last remaining stronghold controlled by the Japanese forces. This battle would prove to be a decisive…

Water shortages and droughts have been huge social, economic, and political issues in Australia. As the world’s driest habitable continent, Australia’s water use and management has and will continue to be among the most contentious issues facing the federal and state governments, as well as the public. Research indicates that Australians are, per capita, the biggest consumers of water in the world. When discussing water usage in Australia, one also has to consider the related issue of water…

ight Candlelight recommends wellbeing in the tutor 's account, while nightfall proposes threat. On various events, the tutor 's lit flame is stifled, dependably with the suggestion that something is amiss. At the highest point of the stairs, her light goes out at the accurate minute she sees Quint. She sees him in "icy, faint dusk." A week or two later, the tutor awakens to discover her flame smothered and Miles on the grass in splendid moonlight. Her perspective of him in that light…

People found ways of maneuvering themselves around the law. Alcohol was smuggled from Canada, overland, and through the Great Lakes (1920’s). Speakeasies were cropping up everywhere. There were 30,000 to 100,000 speakeasies in New York alone (Noor). Many turned to homebrewing their own beer or liquor, others resorted to racketeering, some people became…

WATER QUALITY IN CANADA In last couple of decades water quality is become very major problem in Canada. This paper based on the study of water quality in Canada from three journal articles. The first one is about urbanization in which high concentration of heavy metals and installation of drainage system including portable water supply and waste water supply; agriculture pollutants transferred to surface water by over flow and couple of elements pay important role in agriculture field as…

With militia’s dramatic resurgence into American society, it’s no opinion that negative stereotypes have become affiliated with the group regardless of how they perceive themselves. Since Obama’s presidency, “the number of radical hate groups and militias have exploded in reaction to the changing makeup of America” (Hate Groups Grow as Racial Tipping Point Changes Demographics) allowing the perception to rise that most members are anti-Semitic towards racial groups. In fact, the NAACP released a…

Expansion caused a considerable amount of political instability with the Native Americans. Attitudes from Native Americans towards white settlement was negative, shown by the Pontiac Rebellion (1763) and Tecumsch’s campaign against white settlement (1809), and seemed to continue throughout the 100 years. Americans committed atrocities, Sand Creek Massacre of 1846: c.700 members of the Colorado Territory militia attacked tribes, killing women and children, and took land from the Cheyenne and…

I. Introduction -250 This essay is based on the forgotten history of the Indian textiles and the trading connection it made between Britain and South- Asia. In every civilized community there are two industries which are the oldest and most fundamental of all textiles and pottery. (Fraser G, 1948:3) The earliest textiles were made at Mohenjo-Daro, an archaeological site of the third millennium BC on the Indus River. A woven and madder- dyed cotton fragments were found wrapped round a silver…