Through Mel Scotts’ work of the 1912 San Francisco movement the various plans to create a greater San Francisco proved surprisingly difficult. It consisted of San Francisco trying to obtain control of its own water front from the state by pointing out advantages that would add to the city by merging with the neighboring communities. Some of these were part of Alameda County which included Berkeley, Oakland and Piedmont that would become outer communities of San Francisco. It seemed like San Francisco
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Half Ton Tug in Dawson On Friday, January 17, 1898 around quarter to 7 there was some crazy stuff for a cold winter night where it was 60 below 0. At the Eldorado Saloon in Dawson John Thorton, Frank Matthewson, Jim O’Brien, Skookum Jim, and David Curly were boastfully conversing about their dogs. “Buck can break out and pull 1000 pounds 100 yards,” said Thorton. “I bet 1000 dollars he can’t,” exclaimed Matthewson. “I’ll add 600 dollars that he can’t do it,” said Curly. “I’d like to see this!”
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In Tangerine, Paul and some of the kids on his soccer team do something harder than winning a county championship. They fought the freeze. From page 218 to 230, a war between Tomas Cruz and “The Freeze” is a cold front that comes and drops all the temperatures majorly. This puts the lives of all oranges including the Golden Dawn, in danger. However if you look -a little deeper, you will see more than just a freeze. First off, one way the author used “The Freeze” is to turn the tides of Tino and
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California was the leader in engineering a solid foundation in higher education to provide economic stability for its residents in response to its economic and technological demands. The Master Plan for Higher Education in California passed with strong support from leadership with higher education officials and political leadership to ensure universal access to higher education (Bay Area Council Economic Institute 2014). The Donahoe Higher Education Act also known as California’s Master Plan for
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Jack London was the author of the “Story Of An Eyewitness”. This essay is about the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. London was devastated seeing the city was falling apart after the great earthquake that caused a lot of damage to the city. Also, he describes how the heart of the city is in the people of San Francisco distraction caused by the ethics of helping one another helped them remain some composure. The tragedy began when the earthquake stops and made almost half of the buildings fall apart
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Chinese immigration into the U.S hardly existed until the late 1840’s and early 1850’s after large deposits of gold were discovered in the mountains at Sutter's Mill, near Coloma, California starting the California Gold Rush. This event catalyzed the immigration of Chinese workers into the U.S to become laborers working in the gold mines of California. As the Chinese population in the U.S, especially the west coast, grew, racism towards the Chinese grew because of the difficulty of Chinese immigrants
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beginnings. One such expansion started in 1848 in what is now known as the Gold Rush. After President James K Polk validated claims of gold found in California, the rush began (PBS, 2006). Tales of riches to be had from the mining of gold caused massive amounts of people from all over the United States and beyond to migrate into California. The chance of making a better life from the easy money that could be made from the gold was, to many irresistible. According to Eyewitness to History, the population
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traveled many miles to flourish as well. There were many jobs like coal mining, constructing railroads, and silver and gold mining that promised wealth, like in the California Gold Rush. When gold was discovered in 1849 in California, people came from all over the world and with such an influx of people and the following development, California became an official state in 1850. Gold wasn’t the only abundant resource in the U.S. With the production of coal and other minerals, exporting to other
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the California’s gold rush OF 1849 and how it changed and shaped AMERICA’S WEST EN1320 Gold, since the beginning of civilization has been the focal point of wealth and power. The alluring power of gold stirred the untapped desires of man all though out history. Causing great changes in civilization and molding us to what we are today. The same holds true to the American gold rush in 1849 in California. How that gold rush shaped American economy and the west of the Americas in that
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Jimmie Hill A.P U.S History Mr. Peterson 9/5/12 Lewis and Clark exploration American history is accompanied by a long list of explorers who first discovered and who explored the massive continent. All of the explorers had an impact on the development of America. The Lewis and Clark expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, stands prominently at the top part of this list. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has had a significant political, social, and economic effect on America. They
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