Huck has an innate ability to mold his own perception of reality, and the perceptions of the people around him through lies and deceit. ... They must obediently follow the flow of the river of reality, as they have no control over the stimuli around them. Jim, Huck's black companion on the Mississippi River, is of this category. ... He states in his Why I Went to the Woods that he went into the woods to avoid the over complicated manner of life in society, "to front only the essential facts of life.... While others allow themselves to be washed over with stimuli, Thoreau actively esc...

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Wagons had to have high axels in order to be able to make it through the muddy roads. ... The Erie Canal started in Albany on the Hudson River and traveled up the state of New York to Buffalo to Lake Erie. ... The first rails used were made of wood. ... By 1840, the railroads in the United States totaled 2,818 miles and by 1850, over 9,000 miles of railroad had been built. Between 1850 and 1860, there was over 20,000 miles of railroad track laid down. ...

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Part 1: Book Summery Truth and Bright Water are dual communities separated by a river and the Canadian/American border. ... As the novel opens, Tecumseh and Lum witness a woman walk up a distant bluff and toss something into the river. ... It is through working for Monroe that Tecumseh begins to divine the answer to many of his lingering questions about the world. ... But as Tecumseh's father put it: "Everybody's going crazy over traditional Indian stuff. ... Just wood and two tiny black stones for the eyes. ...

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Because of glacial retreat there are many lakes,rivers,streams and pounds. On the edge of the Canadian Shield there are a good deal of lake and waterways for example eastern shores of Lake of the Woods, Lake Huron etc. 2. ... It compressed the bedrock so much that it would not let water pass through. ... It is so thick because lot of the seas where shallow for million years this allowed the sediment rock to accumulate over the years. ... The ancient coral reefs and the Interior Plains are important because they show that there used to be ocean over the plains long ago and the fossils are used...

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The main purpose of the expedition was to explore the rivers, and try and find the most direct course across the continent for the purpose of commerce. ... Kit guided Fremont to Oregon and California, and through much of the Rocky Mountains. ... Thoreau also wrote Walden, a book in which he wrote in the woods by himself from July 4, 1845 to Sept. 6, 1847. ... The Modernism period began in 1918; nine years later Charles Lindbergh took flight over the Atlantic Ocean and headed towards Paris. ... All of the explorers through the six time periods were brave men who had a vision to open America...

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They live in swamps, lakes, rivers, and ditches. ... They leave in palmettos and scrubs, swamps, pine woods, and flat woods. ... The several spiny scales over each eye identify them. ... Don't step over a fallen tree. ... Don't wa Do not walk through heavy brush or tall grass without looking down. ...

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He was also popular among his troops, who said that Jackson was "as tough as old hickory wood" on the battlefield, which earned him him the nickname "Old Hickory." ... Jackson was re-nominated for presidency in 1825 through the Corrupt Bargain. ... A huge depression from 1837 to 1844 made the national debt to increase to over $3.3 million by January 1, 1838 and it has not been paid in full since. ... Congress passed only one major law, the Indian Removal Act of 1830.The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to take all ownership of Indian lands east of the Mississippi River. The Indian...

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Before its completion in 1937, the bridge was considered impossible to build, due to persistently foggy weather, 60-mile-per-hour winds, and strong ocean currents, which whipped through a deep canyon below. ... The people of France gave the Statue to the people of the United States over one hundred years ago in recognition of the friendship established during the American Revolution. Over the years, the Statue of Liberty has grown to include freedom and democracy as well as this international friendship. ... The Statue was placed upon a granite pedestal inside the courtyard of the star-shape...

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Young Alvin became an expert marksman in the back woods around Pall Mall. ... From the end of July through September, the Division occupied and controlled two sectors of the Allied lines at Lucey and Marbache. ... Alvin's unit, 328th Inf, in connection with the attack of the 90th Div against the Bois-le-Pretre, advances on the west of the Moselle River, and, in contact with the right of the 360th Inf (90th Div), enters Norroy, and reaches the heights just north of that town where it consolidates its position. ... Sergeant Early received seventeen bullet wounds and turned the command over ...

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African Americans were found mainly in the North and South, while Native Americans were sprinkled all over the United States. ... There are also the Eastern Woodlands who relied heavily on lakes and rivers. They served greatly as a means for transportation seen through the export and import routes on the map (Slideshow 1: 13). There were a number of trade routes along the rivers, which led to a heavy reliance on imports and exports. ... The woods, the streams, everything on it belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. ...

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