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How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? Elizabeth Chen 8290673 Word Count: 1887 How vital were the Chinese laborers in opening up the West for America through the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? A. Plan of Investigation This investigation evaluates the importance…

He said that by accumulating profits, capitalists can buy machinery and assimilate technology to increase production. But he pointed out that there is complication too in buying machinery. More machinery would mean more workers to operate those machines. More workers would mean higher and higher wages until the profits would become nil. To counter balance…

Both Jay Bookman and Robert J. Samuelson have written essays addressing the pros and cons of illegal immigrants working in America. Despite differing opinions, in his essay “Guest Workers and the U.S. Heritage,” Bookman argues that America relies on illegal immigrants to fuel its growth, questioning how Americans can accept their labor without allowing them…

James Dean may have been one of America’s greatest actors; however, due to his untimely death at a young age, his true success could never be measured. He is an icon, best known for his film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as a bad kid in Los Angeles. The other two roles…

BYLINE: By Amanda Paulson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor A new book claims the Chinese discovered America in 1421, but historians refute thesis. To the Norsemen, the Japanese, and the Carthaginians; to the Irish, the Africans, and a long list of others who, it is claimed, crossed the oceans to America long before…

To put the movement in perspective, however, it is essential to examine the unifying themes of the protest in its ties to the domestic politics and social consequences from 968, the height of the movement. The Et Offensive of January 30-31, 1968, resulting in 110 and 20,000 American and Viet Congo casualties, respectively, was the…

The article has been written by Japanese, Yomiuri, studying in the United States. Yomiuri has lived in Tokyo for most of his life but shifted to the United States during his teens. He has recently graduated from Boston University and is now working as a networking specialist. In the article, Yomiuri essentially gives us an…

A single colony cannot depart from its mother country and lead a revolution; only a whole united nation, such as that of the American colonies, could successfully detach themselves from Mother England. One must take into consideration that up until the eve of revolution, much had happened in the time era of 1607-1776, where the…

The frontier was mainly a wild place until men went looking for gold and land, justifying their radical and violent attempts to gain land by what they believed to be Manifest Destiny. What whites discovered as they moved west were tribes of Indians settled on what they claimed as “their” land. This want for land…

The Americans defeat of the British during those times that they were colonized by this foreign invader has a special place in the development of the country. It was during this time that previously independent states collaborated together and form what is now known as the United States of America. The following paragraphs will discuss…