The Economy and the West After the Civil War After the Civil War‚ the government’s role in the economy and westward expansion changed. They became more focussed on helping big industrial businessmen and no longer need to worry about taming the West. The economy itself changed greatly in the post Civil War era. The Industrial Revolution led to a new kind of big business. Now men like Carnegie‚ Rockefeller‚ and Vanderbilt had huge monopolies and trusts‚ making it nearly impossible for the common
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The West Crystal Camden HIS/125 September 23rd‚ 2012 Shane Oldenburg The West 1. How did the culture of the Plains Indians‚ specifically the Lakota Sioux‚ change in the late 19th century? Americans had been traveling westward in small numbers until the late 1840’s when gold was discovered throughout the region. Afterwards‚ Americans passed through the plains regions in heavy numbers seeking fortunes and gold presenting significant problems for the Sioux. They decimated the land and
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Dorothy Day was born on November 8‚ 1897‚ in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn‚ New York. Once an atheist and socialist‚ Day was drawn to the teachings of the Catholic Church and converted to Catholicism. Her acts of charity and solidarity have reverberated within the hearts many‚ inspiring individuals to extrapolate meaning in serving those who are unable to serve themselves. In 1932‚ she began the Catholic Worker movement and used it as a means to publicize the social teaching of the
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Chris Naylor U.S. Expansion and The Dodgers Move West Baseball in Brooklyn has been in existence since the 1800s with the Brooklyn Grays‚ but the name that most people remember when they talk about Brooklyn is the Dodgers. Most people remember the Dodgers for their great play and also for a man by the name of Walter O’Malley on moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles. This move was made possible by the political maneuverings of New York City and Los Angeles‚ families moving away from big cities to the
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The Classical and Medieval West The Medieval period ‚ this is a period beginning at about 5th century to the 15 century. The 5th century would put it in the era the last Emperor of the West Roman Empire abdicated in favor of the Emperor of the East Roman Emperor‚ but it is also referred to as the date of the "fall of Rome." From the 5th century East Roman Empire would lasted nearly another thousand years‚ and finally fell in 1453. bringing rise to the Byzantine Empire. But the important thing
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itself‚ comes with a price. Mike‚ a hardworking father of two‚ and the main character of Hanif Kureishi’s short story “The Decline of the West” from 2010‚ is an example of one who suddenly finds himself in a very precautious situation when he loses his job after both he and his family have been used to his rather substantial pay. In The Decline of the West‚ Hanif Kureishi employs a limited third-person narrator‚ which is bound to the main character‚ Mike. As a result of this choice‚ the reader
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Texts such as Journey to the West and Tales of the Marvelous all possess a majestic element and aspect to them. Thus‚ the Taoist representation of the human body’s alchemic potential can be derived through the supernatural portrayal of martial arts described these texts. In many stories
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The * For my comparative study I focused on the importance of decision making within texts. The text that I am going to focus on is the play The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh. This play was first staged in 1997 and is part of a trilogy which focuses on the lives of the people of Leenane a ficitonal rural village in Galway. The play focuses on the lives of two bacholar brother’s Valene and Coleman who are both bitter and grumpy about their lives have ended up. Leenane is a hell on earth a place
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power‚ this caliphate survived for a long period of time. The rise to power was taken place because of a great military leader named Sonni Ali. This person was known to have “magic powers” and expanded the Songhay territory across the Niger Valley‚ west to Senegal and east to
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In the West African community‚ the concept of power among women lies within the vibrant differences between the roles of each gender. Women were and still are the foundation of the African community as they exercise the power to protect life and educate children. Despite this prominent position‚ they are not in any way seen as equal to men. This conventional perception changed temporarily‚ or perhaps was slightly regarded differently‚ when in 19th Century‚ Behanzin‚ one of the most renowned kings
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