American life on the western frontier during the mid-nineteenth century was all about the gold rush. Miners came from all over America and the world to try to make it rich. ... In order to face all of these trials, miners who traveled alone would set up camp and hang out with other miners. ... Simon Wheeler, who was found dozing in an old, dilapidated tavern in an ancient mining camp was quite the opposite of the narrator. ... Twain uses humor, grammatical errors and exaggerations to bring this western accent to life. ...

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Traditional narratives of the Western expansion described western tribes as a part of the dangerous environment that the American travelers had to endure throughout their journey. ... History books, the western genre of fiction, and Hollywood movies all reinforced the stereotypes of Indian massacres, raids, abductions, thieves, and vagabonds. ... Examples ranged from not understanding when a trade had already been made, such as when a wounded traveler was treated with medicine and allowed to recover, to instances where a Chief would request goods from the travelers for using resources from t...

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This movement was quite radical in that they moved from the Southern states towards the Northern and Western states. This caused the African American populations to change in the South quite drastically and changed the population in the other area's to change drastically too. ... Many decided to move away from the "Lynch Mobs". ... Both Indians and the whites did not want to see a state that was considered a "Negro State", though an all black town was formed in 1891 in Langston, Oklahoma. Boley, Oklahoma was the larges all-Negro town, which held elections for five years and had a diversit...

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Cesaire and Hawaii's Indigenous People Over five hundred years ago, the first explorers from Europe set forth into the unknown in hopes of discovering new lands to expand existing empires. Upon discovering these new continents and land mass, these explorers, determined to claim these lands for their respective empires, often faced hostility from those already occupying the land. ... They did not quite understand the sanctity of the kapu system, nor did they agree with the social class divisions. ... The facts state that Native Hawaiians are a distinct and indigenous people becau...

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Yosemite became a vital part of Ansel's life from there on out. ... The value placed upon Western landscapes helped to promote and protect the unique areas as national parks. ... Around the Civil War era, there were quite a few expeditions funded by the Government devoted to investigating scientific matters. ... Photography was the primary commercial, industrial, and tourism potential of western hands. ... The photographs by Ansel Adams along with all the other influential photographers shown in this book are amazing and breathtaking scenes of the old west. ...

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