Transcontinental railroad

The rights of animals are something that we must consider and carefully analyze. Many animal rights activists are fighting to protect animals from certain experiments that can cause the animals harm, and even death. They state that animals have the “right” to be free from these kinds of tests. If something can feel pain, then that something has the right to equal consideration. Animals can feel pain and pleasure, as stated by Singer in “All Animals Have Rights”. Therefore, animals have rights.…

Radical, conservative, abolitionist, or proslavery, whether you believe in one or the other, we all share a common belief; to fight for what we believe is just, and right. Subsequently, through the years of American history, there have been events for the satisfaction of our own people, while there have been times where we admit we’ve overstepped. When is it to be decided too late to apologize, and to replace the mile we’ve taken when given an inch? The United States of America is a place that…

The immigrants experiences in the reading were overall very positive. The lithuanian and italian bootback bothers stories started off rocky due to the lithuanian listening to his fellow countrymen about how he must “ look rich even if you are not rich” using the little bit money he brought with him to America to buy a a expensive suit and to bribe to the police officer to help secure a job in the slaughterhouse. The bootblack brothers were taken advantage of as soon they stepped off the boat.…

needed to fill the increasing demand for product. More jobs leads to increased immigration, as families from poorer countries, like Ireland, were in need of employment, and employers were in need of a steady stream of willing laborers. A transcontinental railroad was laid down from coast to coast; nearly 150000 miles, which served to making transport of raw materials and other products significantly easier. In the end, all of this equates to more money in everyone’s pocket and a strengthened…

How do you define success? Google claims that it is 1): the accomplishment of an aim or purpose, or 2): the attainment of popularity or profit. How do you define it? Interestingly, the powerful human desire to be successful has played a huge role in shaping American history into what it is today. As we can see from our nation’s (and the world’s) history, if we fail to retain a firm belief in our personal definition of success, the world will work tirelessly until it convinces us that our…

The youngest man to ever take the oath of office did the most to advance America. President Theodore Roosevelt was 42 years old at the time of his induction. Youth played to his advantage and the way he portrayed himself to America blended well with the times. America was a young nation and a young, virile leader signified who we were as a people. Roosevelt, a war hero of San Juan Hill fame in the Spanish-American War, was self-assured, bold and determined. As the turn of the century gave…

During the 1900s, America was in a need to sail through Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. Luckily, America was able to find Panama which was well fit to place a canal. Republic of Panama is a country located in Central America between North and South America. Bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Panama has dense forests, tropical jungles, vast mountains, and harsh weather which made it difficult to build the canal. The Canal is 51 miles long and is located between Panama City on the…

Abraham Lincoln is remembered for his vital role as the leader in the Union during the Civil War and beginning the process Emancipation Proclamation that led to the end of slavery in the United States. He is also remembered for his character and leadership, his speeches and letters, and as a man of humble origins whose determination and perseverance led him to the nation's highest office. President Lincoln endured extraordinary pressures during the long Civil War. He carried on despite…

We live in the age where senseless and sketchy subjects cover the news highlights. Such focuses as homosexuality, A.I.D.S, and unfavorable birth are furiously discussed upon. Sides are constantly taken, with the preservationists attracting the liberals. One such question that has continually been talked upon since the working up of this country has been immigrantion Reality that it has been struggled over for so long makes it emit an impression of being astonishing. A nation set up by workers…

When people thought of striking gold and beginning a new future, many could not help but wonder what could go wrong. They figured that if they could become rich and powerful, nothing that bad could happen. So, in the mid-1800s, people began to immigrate to California with that idea; most had no clue what they had gotten themselves into. The massive immigration began in January of 1848 when James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in the Sacramento Valley of California. Both he and John…