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    Between 1840 and 1860‚ many technological improvements increased industrial productivity. Before this‚ earlier in the 1800s‚ there was an industrial revolution where steam-run textile mills were put to use in northern America. The North’s economy‚ focused around manufacturing and wheat‚ was recovering from the Panic of 1837. Investors had stopped putting all their money into agriculture and began to invest in factories‚ railroads‚ and development of new machines. Industries of America became

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    Camels for Transportation

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    TRANSPORTATIONIf you are going to travel through the Sahara it is best if you travel with a strong camel because camels can go for several days without water and they can eat thorny plants. Camels can also carry items but it seems that it burdens them but the load would lighten if you were on a trading expedition. When traveling on a camel‚ do not forget to let them rest and graze or they will die from exhaustion. | WEATHERBefore you go travel‚ be in mind what the weather will be. It can exceed up

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    Water Incidents Case Local Case‚ Philippines: MV Doña Paz- December 20‚ 1987 off the coast of Dumali Point‚ Mindoro‚ in the Philippines. That night‚ the 2‚215-ton passenger ferry sailed into infamy with a loss of over 4‚000 lives – many of them burnt alive in an inferno at sea. MV Princess of the Orient- September 18‚ 1998 the ship capsized at 12:55 p.m. near Fortune Island in Batangas and sank‚ and out of the 388 passengers onboard‚ 150 were killed. Passengers were floating at sea for more than

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    Roger Mota 5th period 4/22/13 One physical trait that i share with my family is that we all have nice eyebrows. For me specially my eyebrows look nice only when i get a haircut. For my family having nice eyebrows is important because thats what were known for to have nice looking eyebrows. My little has nice eyebrows actually both of my little brothers do. My mom has amazing looking eyebrows‚ my father doesnt. My moms side of the family has nice eyebrows they all have very nice eyebrows. There

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    The Future Transportation

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    Head-up displays‚ or HUDs‚ project turn-by-turn directions and other vehicle information onto a windshield or reflector screen‚ and the technology is quickly making its way into new vehicles. They pair with GPS hosted either by a car’s own system or a driver’s smartphone to display everything from simple directions to blind-spot detection‚ pedestrian recognition and collision warnings. The idea behind HUDs is to communicate critical data without diverting the driver’s eyes from the road. BMW claims

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    The Importance of Transportation in Tourism Tourism sector is one of the main important sectors of the economy. Many countries take advantage of covering the budget deficit with the help of profits coming from tourism. That is why tourism sometimes is called a factory without chimney. But tourism has its Own unique features that differentiate this sector from the others. Like in the other service industries‚ in tourism the customers‚ that is‚ the tourists come to the destination where the tourism

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    bismarck 1860's review

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    Otto Von Bismarck and the events of the 1860’s played a very significant role to the unification of Germany by 1871. Some historians dispute upon the concept that Bismarck was solely a “master planner”‚ arguing that he was in fact a pragmatist or an opportunist meaning that he took advantage of the situations around such as the conditions of the countries. Historian Mosse notes that due to the conditions of intentional opposing countries (such as; Russia‚ Britain‚ France and Austria) Bismarck was

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    Women today in 2016 couldn’t last two minutes living the life of a woman in the 1900s. 100 years ago‚ females were known as the weaker gender but more virtuous and were not allowed to do anything unless they had a husband. They didn’t have any rights‚ authority‚ or opinion about ANYTHING! It was illegal for women to do a lot of things‚ and here we are 100 years later‚ we can do whatever we want‚ when we want‚ however

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    Healthcare and nursing in the 1900-1919 period would change history forever. Nursing during this time would change from the traditional bedside nursing at home to a more institutional based nursing within the hospitals (Porter-O’Grady‚ T. 2004). In the Early 20th century most nursing education was hospital based and students learned by doing. Care was now being delivered at the hospitals. Organized medicine begins to emerge with the American Medical Association (AMA) reorganizing as the national

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    experienced a general economic expansion known as the Market Revolution‚ there were also geographic‚ demographic‚ and technological involving transportation changes that occurred between 1815 and 1860. These changes impacted the Americans significantly on the way how they viewed themselves and their society. The major characteristics of the National Market Economy of 1860 was that it supplied economic contributions throughout the south‚ west and the Northeast. The Market revolution had benefitted the Americans

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