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    Wild West Essay The Wild west had a big impact on Americans. The Myth of the Wild West was a place of adventure‚ violence‚ and endless opportunity. The Myth attracted Americans in‚ specifically Cowboys because they had just finished the cattle Trail and were probably hungry‚ tired‚ and needed to sleep. The impact on Americans was a positive impact because many people got more jobs‚ and were in a position to start a new life there. From “American West - The Cattle Industry.” History‚ 11 May 2017‚

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    "The Push West" or otherwise known as the American Colonization of the west was a time of technological advancement and opportunity. However‚ it is also known for its mistreatment and discrimination of the American Indian people. Although phrased as an ’expansion’‚ the reality was a combination of all three types colonization mentioned in the lecture. To begin‚ American Indians were pushed off their land. Buffalo‚ the primary food source of the American Indians‚ were herded off cliffs either forcing

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    What motivated Americans to move west and what was their motive? Different Americans were motivated by different reasons to move west. Ranchers would move to more land in the west to raise cattle‚ particularly Texas and Kansas. These cattle ranchers would then ship their cattle back to the Eastern states to sell. They sold for much higher prices back east. The expansion of the railroad made it possible to easily transport the cattle east. Farmers were motivated because they could get free land

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    Aside from clothing being an art unto itself‚ the earliest forms of sculptured art found as early as 500 B.C. in West Africa consisted of distorted human statues and masks. It is speculated that these statues and figures inspired Picasso’s experiments with Cubism. The Yoruba people of Ife also influenced lost-wax cast metal art‚ also known as Benin Art after the people of Benin perfected the art to the highest quality. The Village craft workers had extensive knowledge of pottery and metalworking

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    The West Amanda Miranda America was beginning to boom! With the war over and immigrants coming to the land of “freedom” from all over the world‚ people began to adventure to the West. There was a new‚ unsettled land presenting opportunities beyond what anyone could imagine. The west offered natural resources such as gold‚ oil‚ and lumber‚ also it gave hope to freedom and landownership all the while guarding it with dangerous obstacle such as natives‚ disease‚ and drought. The forge west brought

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    Cattle industry 1820-1865: Origins in Texas Ranching first started in Texas‚ with ranches mostly manned by Mexican cowboys called vaqueros. In 1836 Texan ranchers drove many Mexicans out‚ and claimed the cattle left behind. The Civil War started in 1861‚ and Texans went off to fight. The cattle roamed free as huge herds grew up. On returning home‚ the Texans started rounding them up and driving them to sell in places such as New Orleans and California. 1865-1870: The ’long drives’ - first ’open

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    I. Company’s reputation at stake. With increasing negative media exposure resulting from Great west Company’s claims against Witherspoon’s estate‚ management has to take some corrective actions to overcome the crisis and to save the company’s reputation in the market. Following filing the lawsuit against Witherspoon‚ the company is losing its customer base and is continuously being targeted by the media. A. Background Facts 1. After Ms. Witherspoon’s car broke down‚ she tried crossing the

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    Wessay The United Staes were trying to push people to settle in the west brought a lot of trouble. Since‚ Settlers and Native Americans thought very differently there were many conflicts between them. They both thought in different ways about the land usage‚ settlement‚ and ownership. Native Americans thought different about land usage than the Settlers did. The Native Americans thought that land should not be purchased or sold to anyone. They looked at land as a gift of the Great

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    “They call me Rain. I have long forgotten my real name as I was very young when they came into my village and took me. I can’t remember much from my life before being a slave girl‚ but my masters have told me I am from a small village in West Africa.” Late one night‚ in a small village in Africa‚ when all had gone to sleep‚ they came like ghosts in the darkness. They took Rain from her mother’s arms and bond her father. They were crammed into pens on the back of carts like

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    The question that is being asked here is what is the West? The west can be defined as many different things‚ but According to Levack‚ B.‚ Muir‚ E.‚ & Veldman‚ M. (2011) the west is a “place” (p. 2). The west is thought of to be traditionally compromised of certain regions like Europe‚ the Americas‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand. There are in fact many ideas that are evolving around western civilization such as form of governments‚ methods of scientific inquiry‚ religions‚ and languages just to name

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