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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|The Homestead Act 1862 | |The first Homestead Act was passed in 1841. The terms of this act allowed people to purchase 160 acres of Plains land at a very small price. | | | |In a bid to encourage more people
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Equine Rescue Center Annual Fundraiser Theme: The theme of this year’s fundraiser will be Barnyard Hoedown! There will be plenty of activities for adults and children. There will be a live band‚ and line dancing throughout the evening. From 5:00 pm until the sun goes down there will be pony rides‚ and a petting zoo. After the sun sets‚ the evening will start to heat up with karaoke‚ and mechanical bull riding! For the kiddo’s there will be a “Life on the Farm” tent where they can learn how to
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The 1949 novel Shane by Jack Schaefer‚ is the story of a cowboy‚ who rode into a small town in Wyoming in the summer of ’89 by the name of Shane. Little did the people of that town know that Shane would soon change all of their lives forever. In this western novel‚ Shane represents the character that plays the American Western Hero which is a character that is shown in many different books‚ movies‚ and tall-tales. It is a character that America has come to not only know and love‚ but also to rely
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Health Care Marketing Analysis Paper Pfizer Inc. is a large pharmaceutical company that engages in the discovery of new technologies‚ the manufacture of prescription and "over the counter" (OTC) medicines‚ as well as the marketing of such products. It operates in three distinct segments that include Human Health‚ Consumer Healthcare‚ and Animal Health. For fiscal year 2004‚ the company generated approximately $53 billion in revenue that contributed to over $11 billion in net income. (Pfizer‚ 2004)
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Wild Horses Round-Up The rounding up wild horses and leading them to their new destination‚ howbeit‚ for the slaughter or sales‚ has created a rift of an US (i.e. particularly; citizens of Nevada) and THEM (i.e. Federal Government‚ BLM) mentality. The animal activist is citing cruelty to animals and stifling the “First Amendment‚ Freedom of the Press”‚ on the part of BLM. The following article was quoted from USA Today: [A federal roundup of wild horses in Nevada was scheduled to resume Thursday
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Period:3/us history February 26‚ 2013 How did westward expansion transform the nation? In the early 1800’s‚ Americans pushed steadily westward‚ moving even beyond the territory of the United States. They traveled by canoe and flatboat‚ on horseback‚ and by wagon train. Some even walked much of the way. American merchant John Jacob Astor created one of the largest fur businesses‚ the American Fur Company. His company bought skins from western mountain men. These adventurers were some
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This story is written in first person‚ most likely from a woman’s perspective (Gretel’s). The recurring theme throughout this essay is the way Gretel is trying to portray and un-stereotype type the stereotype of men ranchers. She has an inside perspective to share with the readers because she is from Wyoming and has had "inside" experience with male ranchers. She gives vivid details and imagery to show that there is more to a rancher than just being "tough and rough." She gives detail that there
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In the 1880s choosing to be a farmer had its opportunity and a lot more difficulties. Many families chose to head west‚ despite all the bad that could possibly happen. I would be one of those families. Moving west provides a grand opportunity to start over. With so many people moving west the government established the Homestead Act‚ which gave people over the age of 21 to file a claim for up to 160 acres of land. The best area to end up in was next to the railroads. If you where in that general
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The Industrial Revolution of the late 1800s brought economic and social change to the cities as well as the frontier. During this transformation‚ entrepreneurs and laborers could not rise up as individuals against big businesses and were offered little chance for unions so they were compelled to assimilate themselves into America’s largely capitalist industries. Likewise‚ farmers‚ miners‚ and long drive cowboys were affected and influenced by larger‚ more profitable “corporations” including large-scale
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