MOVING TO AMERICA Do you know moving could be a very traumatic and scary experience for a child? When my mom decided to leave Trinidad and Tobago to pursue her Master degree‚ I don’t think she realized the impact it would have on me‚ knowing that you are moving to a whole different country is a big pill to swallow at the age of 14 years old. Me and my mom was having dinner when she broke the news that we were moving to America I remembered that day like it was yesterday I felt like
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How does Turner explain the recurring need for communication and transportation along the American frontier? What Turner wants to point out here is that the American West is the most important feature of American history‚ and of the development of its society. He refers several times to a process of “Americanization” and we will see that the definition he gives of it is a very peculiar one. He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers
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Dear Vector‚ In sublette we have the 5 themes of geography and you do too so I challenge you to find out what your themes are. One of our themes is place it talks about our human/political and natural/physical characteristics. The human and political characteristic are the post office and the courthouse they are our connection to the outer world. The natural and physical characteristics are the crops and Mount Sunflower. The court house The
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Chapter 1 A big part of nomadic tribes becoming settled was their access to food. When they initially began their settlements‚ they were small houses with barns close by‚ they would grow simple crops such as corn and beans. These dwellings developed‚ over thousands of years‚ into fully functioning societies. One of the more notable groups of settlers were the Anasazi. The Anasazi had developed multi-level‚ apartment-like complexes. They would create earthen dams to utilize the little water provided
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Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier‚ by Ray Allen Billington‚ with the collaboration of James Blaine Hedges (New York: Macmillan Publishing Company‚ 1949‚ Fourth Edition‚ 1974‚ 840 pp.‚ maps‚ tables‚ bibliography‚ index.) As the preface to the first edition states‚ Westward Expansion attempts to follow the pattern that Frederick Jackson Turner might have used had he ever compressed his researches on the American frontier within one volume. Dr. Billington makes no pretense
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Just got this back with a favorable grade (98) and felt it may be nice to share. We actually had a while to do this‚ so it’s generally much more polished than a timed essay would be‚ but with my procrastination and general unwillingness to edit there are still a few uncomfortable sentences and a rather hasty conclusion. 1992 DBQ - To what extent did the natural environment shape the development of the West beyond the Mississippi and the lives of those who lived there? How important were other
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The Western Frontier The romanticism of the west employed the frontier as the outer edge of the wave meeting “between savagery and civilization.” To historians‚ a frontier is “is not a lining of marking the start of an empty place but a zone of interaction where two or more societies vie for the use of land.’ In the “frontier thesis”‚ Frederick Turner describes the frontier as “gradually peopled.” However‚ the congress in 1862 funded the transcontinental railroad‚ the union pacific‚ and
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The Hopi are a Native American nation that resides in the northeastern region of Arizona. “Surrounded by the Navajo nation‚ Hopi’s have inhabited the same villages for a millennium and are considered to be the oldest dwellers in the land on which their reservation resides” (The Hopi Indians). These Indians refer to themselves as Hopitu‚ which translates to “The Peaceful People”. The ideas behind Hopi are carried out through the actions that are executed when following the objectives of Kyavtsi; “maintaining
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The Western Transcendence Driving through the vast lands in the American West is a humbling experience. The inhospitable terrain in Arizona can envelop you for hours with only the road for company‚ a seemingly unwelcoming and hostile environment to live in. Yet‚ Arizona is one of the fastest growing states in the nation. The idea of the American West transcends borders and even oceans. A concept that was bold in its reach and audacious in its implementation. The relative speed of
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I chose this state because I knew nothing about it. It’s great to learn new things about some where you’ve never gone or plan on going. As I complete this research on Wyoming .I Plan to learn exciting things about this state. I also would also like to visit Yellowstone national Park A lot of First were named an established in the state of Wyoming. For Example Wyoming is the first state to have a county library in the city of Laramie. This was organized in 1886 of August. In the western
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