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    The Golden Rush was the digging struggled with success and failure. The gold of California was the attraction to the eyes of the world; the perfect land with all the possibilities to get richness in a short time. Argonauts undertook a dangerous journey to arrive after several days in California‚ some of them did not make it to their destiny for hunger or diseases. Others took advantage of the situation and made business such selling jerked beef‚ blankets‚ medicines‚ axes‚ and many items necessaries

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    The creation of the first transcontinental railroad was a historical moment that would allow for expansion across from coast to coast. In 1870‚ the first tracks of a dream were being nailed into the future. In just a week‚ people could travel west in search of land to settle on. The railroads allowed for faster transportation‚ and economic development‚ portraying the West as a “land of limitless opportunity.” The railroad impacted westward expansion by allowing people and cargo to be transported

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    Railroads impact on Washington The railroad had a positive impact on the geography‚ economy‚ and psychological thought of Washington. The railroad was built by separate companies that built in their area using a checkerboard pattern of land grants from the government. It was built to connect the east and west and have a quicker way of transportation across the nation. It was built in the later 1800’s and took several years to complete. Washington businesses grew‚ improving the economy. More people

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    Many Chinese workers made their way to the United States around 1848 during the California Gold Rush. By 1880‚ there was approximately seventy-five thousand newcomers in the Golden State which was nine percent of the state’s total population. These numbers increased because of mining and the hiring of large labor forces to conduct work on the Transcontinental Railroad across the West. Employers viewed the Chinese as “cheap labor”‚ and for this reason‚ Americans welcomed them (Kennedy and Cohen 500)

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     Those colonies transformed from a united  country into something more‚ a transcontinental nation‚ with the help of many events.Though  deaths and sacrifices were made in the process‚ it helped shape the transcontinental nation.  The thirteen colonies went from a new independent country to a transcontinental nation  because of the economic improvements‚ the War of 1812‚ and the westward expansion.    Economic improvements helped the transformation into a transcontinental nation in a  big way. The ways were the use of the National Bank and the American System

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    Gold

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    Gold Gold is a very commonly used substance in today’s world‚ although it has been used by man since ancient times. Gold comes from the ground or from the ocean and must be mined but has caused major commotion since the early 1900s with people trying to get rich quick. You can find gold in some major regions of the world‚ but the most common places for gold mining are South Africa and a lot of US productions come from South Dakota and Nevada. The symbol for gold is Au for its Latin name Aurum

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    Fools Rush in

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    Fools Rush In Movie Review “Fools Rush In’ is a love story that has magic‚ glamour and romance. Mathew Perry plays a Manhattan go getter by the name of Alex Whitman who is sent to Las Vegas to oversee the construction and launching of the latest link in an international chain of nightclubs. Shortly after arriving in Vegas‚ Alex Whitman meets Isabel Fuentes who is played by Salma Hayek. While waiting in line for the restroom in a small‚ bustling Mexican restaurant‚ Isabel‚ an aspiring photographer

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    Benjamin Rush

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    Reid Aldridge U.S. History 10/2/10 “Benjamin Rush” On July 4th‚ 1776‚ representatives in a small courthouse in Pennsylvania signed the Declaration of Independence. The men that signed that paper would come to be known as the founding fathers (1 Kindig‚ Thomas). Everyone has heard of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison‚ but who has heard of Benjamin Rush? Benjamin Rush was born December 24‚ 1745 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. He was the fourth child of

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    August Rush : Plot This is a story of a music prodigy. Lyla is a renowned and beautiful cellist and Louis is a guitar player and vocalist at a club. Lyla and Louis fall in love once they meet each other following the music. Since they have different lives‚ they have to separate without seeing each other again. However‚ Lyla has had their baby - Evan‚ a prodigy born to music. Lyla has an accident and bears the baby but Lyla’s father gives the baby to an orphanage without telling her‚ for fear of

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    'Rush' Film

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    TV/Media – race footage Montage to show 6 weeks passing. “If you love me you won’t say a word.” “Watching you win those races while I was fighting for my life‚ you were equally responsible for getting me back in the car.” INTRODUCTION The film ‘Rush’‚ directed by Ron Howard‚ is about the intense rivalry between Niki Lauda and James Hunt in the 1976 Formula One racing season. A key relationship in the film is the rivalry between Lauda and Hunt. Conflict between the two is established from the very

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