... 1750 miles (Allen 58), met on May 10, 1869, at Promontory, Utah. Elaborate ceremonies then ensued, including the driving of the last spike, which was made of made of pure gold (Anderson 223). Unfortunately, workers lives and sound construction practices were carelessly thrown aside. This com-pleted the first of several transcontinental railroads built the late 19th century. The West developed ... vicinity of New York City. He further expanded his steamship empire, and because of his success and status came to be known as "Commo-dore- Vanderbilt. In 1851, with the gold rush to California...

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... Tribune, there is very large picture of the United States Women's Softball Team. The picture is a captured moment of celebration, as the softball team had just defeated Japan for the gold medal in Sydney, Australia. If you look at the front page of the New York Times on the very same day, you won't see a picture, and you won't see ... "Gold!" in large font, but you will see a small little blurb about it in the lower left corner. Why is there such a big difference? Because the papers are selling two different ... ...

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... traits would be used against them as Columbus imposed his will upon the people, often taking them hostage and ordering to be led to gold fields. (Zinn, A People's History, 3) When the Arawaks could not gather a suitable amount of gold for Columbus, he would enslave them, or of they tried fleeing, they were later killed. (Zinn, A People's History, 4) The formation of the first ... ...

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... would be one of the world's biggest stars by the time it ended. In the ensuing decades he starred in numerous popular feature lengths including The Kid (1921) and The Gold Rush (1925). His relationship with the world's major conflicts became more direct with the release of The Great Dictator (1940), a direct parody of Adolf Hitler right as World War II ... ...

• Word Count: 2299
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