Oregon

The Oregon National Guard consisted of two separate elements, the first being the Army National Guard, which consisted of three major commands, 41 Infantry Combat Team, the 82nd Brigade, and the Army Joint Force Headquarters. The second element Air National Guard consisted of two major commands, 142nd located in Portland Oregon, and 173rd located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and the Air Joint Force Headquarters. The decision-making authority was centralized at the Joint Force Headquarters levels,…

Muller v. Oregon (1908) Facts: Curt Muller was convicted of violating Oregon labor laws, by making a female employee in his Laundromat work longer than ten hours in a single workday. Procedural History: Muller appealed his conviction to the Oregon Supreme Court, which upheld the original conviction. The case then was brought before the U.S. Supreme Court. Issue: Whether Oregon’s labor law which prohibited women from working longer than ten hours in a single work day interferes with the…

It has come to the point that we must decide on which trail we are to take and what our destination is. Between these three, the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe, it would be most wise to chose the California Trail. There is a fair share of challenges and benefits of this trail. One of these benefits would the the length. However, if we leave at the perfect time, this trail could be as short as 3 months. Also, once arriving at California there would be opportunity to make a living by selling…

Nike was founded in 1964, however, was renamed Nike in 1978. Nike started out as an athletic shoe company importing shoes from Japan to sell in the United States. With celebrity endorsements, the organization has continued to grow. However, the growth of Nike has not been without its challenges. Nike strives to continue to be competitive while keeping manufacturing costs low by moving their manufacturing operations to an area that offered cheap labor. Unfortunately, the working conditions…

The Oregon territory dispute started between the Americans and British in 1818. Oregon was the next territory the Americans were looking to take over, due to its “fertile soil.” (Shi & Tindall) With the nation's people rushing to those lands it caused an Oregon fever that swept through the country. The settlers came up with wagon trains that made the trip to Oregon much easier. The idea of the manifest destiny would help the Americans take the entire continent of North America. The one problem…

The Oregon Ducks have been the greatest powerhouse and go to college school to beat for over the past five years. With a new offensive coach brought in during their 2007 season (Chip Kelly) Oregon's potent spread offense attack was an unstoppable force, and college teams had never seen anything like it. The Ducks would lead their conference (Pac-12) in scoring (38.15 points per game) (ESPN, 2011) and would also set several new school records for offensive yards and become the highest scoring…

factors in making the Oregon Trail a success or a failure? The focus of the paper is the 1840s, a period during the expansion of the US. The journey of several pioneers and the events that impacted them will be analyzed and categorized into the determining factors. Francis Parkman’s The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life originated as a book and was published in 1849 with the purpose of examining the life of Native Americans in the west and the Oregon Trail. The book…

Brown describes mass soil erosion as “a catastrophic form of natural erosion and can be produced by road construction in unstable, steep topography”, one of the most common forms of erosion in Oregon due to poorly places logging roads. Not only does clearcutting in northern parts of Oregon create compacted roads, but when these mass soil movements occur along these roads that are built to transport the wood being taken out they flow right into river systems that can greatly affect the biotic…

Americans also had created an exuberance of American patriotism during this time period. The belief of “manifest destiny” deemed that it was the destiny of the United States to exalt her dominance over the entirety of North America. This put the “Oregon Country” in the crosshairs of American expansionism. However, the Americans were not the only ones interested in this territory. The Russians, British, and Spanish had also made claims to this territory. The dispute was put at the focal point for…

Physician Assisted Suicide Death is unavoidable, while many people die in different environments and for many different reasons (Bauchner & Fontanarosa, 2016, pp. 270-271). In 2014, roughly 55 million people died around the world, of those 2.6 million died in the United States (Bauchner & Fontanarosa, 2016, pp. 270-271).That is why physician assisted suicide is gaining traction by empowering patients to take control of the decision to end their life. This is a practice by which a competent…