laborers worked out well and thousands more were recruited until the railroad’s completion in 1869. Chinese labor provided the massive labor needed to build the majority of the Central Pacific’s difficult railroad tracks through the Sierra Nevada mountains and across Nevada. The Chinese population rose from 2‚716 in 1851 to 63‚000 by 1871. In the decade 1861-70‚ 64‚301 were recorded as arriving‚ followed by 123‚201 in 1871-80 and 61‚711 in 1881-1890. 77% were located in California‚ with the rest scattered
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full proof solution to human trafficking but many countries have parts of solutions to the problem. Germany and the Netherlands have legalized prostitution to help lower the sex trafficking numbers in their countries. While in the United States‚ in Nevada‚ prostitution has been legal since 1971. In 2013‚ the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws wrote the "Uniform Act on Prevention of and Remedies for Human Trafficking"‚ to help states have a consistent basis for understanding
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The Sierra Nevada mountain range stretches across the eastern side of the state of California. The range begins in the south at the Tehachapi Pass near Bakersfield and stretches north to Lake Almanor. The Sierra Nevada range is 400 miles long‚ north-to-south and has an average width of 70 miles wide. It was formed through subduction when the Pacific plate slid under the North American plate. The range is made up of deeply imbedded rock otherwise known as batholiths. The eastern slope of the mountains
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RULE OF LAW: The family and friends of Richard Boorman claim that his remains were neglected. They placed a suit against Nevada memorial cremation society‚ Clark county‚ and all employees associated with the neglecting of Richards body. FACTS Richard Boorman’s mother Denise Boorman and other family members (collectively‚ Boorman) brought up an action against Nevada Memorial Cremation Society (the mortuary)‚ Clark County‚ and the employees of both entities. The suit was placed because the body of
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Nevada High School Dropout Rate Highest in the Nation Throughout our nation we are facing a multitude of different problems found in economies‚ schools and homes. Our nation’s main concern and biggest problem is Students dropping out of school. We find it happening in every city‚ every state and all over our nation. More than 7‚200 kids on average drop out of school each year. As the years go by‚ the average begins to grow larger. Nevada has the worst high-school dropout rate in the nation and
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Romanticism Romanticism was created by artists who had introduced this art movement in 1750 and 1850‚ which originated from Western Europe indicating the feelings towards the aristocratic‚ social and political to remove the strict rules of classicism. This specific art movement was based from the individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and nature of a person’s understanding. Since they were in revolt against the orders‚ they favoured the revival of potentially unlimited
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volleyball court‚ Wi-Fi access. Points of Interest High Sierra surrounds the preserve Andesite Ridge‚ Red Mountain‚ Castle Peak‚ 15 miles Ski Museum‚ 15 miles Donner Lake‚ 25 miles Donner Museum of Local History‚ 25 miles Firehouse Museum‚ 30 miles Nevada County Historical Mining Museum‚ 35 miles Lake Tahoe‚ 40 miles Tahoe National Forest Directions GPS Coordinates: N 39° 19’ 6.69" W 120° 36’ 9.10"; elevation is 5739 feet. I-80 east from Sacramento: Take Yuba Gap exit‚ 30 miles east of Colfax
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The City That Never Sleeps Have you ever wondered what it is like to live in Las Vegas‚ the entertainment capital of the world‚ a gambling mecca for millions every year? What could it possibly be like for a person to live in a city known as "Sin City‚" where the only thing hotter than the bright lights is the sun. According to lasvegasnevada.gov over 600‚000 people live in Las Vegas now‚ which is triple what it was just twenty years ago. It is a city built as a railroad town that has turned
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Introduction There has been much debate whether prostitution should be legal and one that our society approaches with disinterest. Society simultaneously condemns contract sex yet provides it to customers while with conflicting attitudes and behaviors that our society imposes (Strong‚ 2009). Many of the assumptions in the U.S about contract sex remain hampered by the laws and social restrictions (Strong‚ 2009). Though‚ strong arguments have been made in support of legalizing prostitution and
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Factors that Influence Rainfall in the United States A type of precipitation is rainfall and it develops when water vapor condenses into droplets in the atmosphere thus becoming too heavy to stay suspended in the air so gravity causes them to fall. The pattern or occurrence of rainfall in the United States or basically anywhere in the world depends on several factors such as ground elevation‚ wind directions‚ location within a continental mass‚ areas of low pressure‚ cool fronts‚ jet streams and
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