The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803‚ by President Thomas Jefferson. It was a huge land deal between France and The United States. In this purchase‚ the United States of America paid fifteen million dollars to get all the land west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. This historic event doubled the size of the U.S. by one simple signature. The Louisiana Purchase was the best purchase ever made by the United States. The purchase of this land increased the economic resources
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The goal of the Crusade was to win Jerusalem back from the Muslims. The Crusaders knew it would be impossible to control and take over the city surrounded by the Muslims who thought the city was sacred to them and belonged to them. “To conquer and have the power over Jerusalem‚ the Crusaders had to attack and control the surrounding territories in Syria‚ Lebanon‚ and Palestine‚ including the important cities‚ Edessa‚ Antioch and Acre”. At first‚ the crusaders were successful. They captured land around
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What JROTC Has Taught Me…So Far. My name is ------ and I’m a freshman at ------ High School. I was asked to write an article about my first few weeks in JROTC and all that I’ve learned during that time. So‚ what exactly is JROTC? It’s a class that’s dedicated to motivating young people to be better citizens‚ while also teaching us life skills. And to be honest‚ I was actually really surprised when I learned that; because I‚ like many others‚ believed it was just another tool for military recruitment
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for their large empire that stretched across Eurasia. They were brutal and violent‚ but somehow it worked out and they obtained one of the largest empires in the world and what is now known as the second greatest empire to ever exist (after the Roman Empire of course). The most important aspect of the Mongolian Empire’s legacy was the strength of the military organization‚ along with their superior archery skills and their tactics. The Mongols had many important aspects‚ but their strength lay in
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punishments. The players caused many new rules and punishments in the MLB and even lowered viewing rating for some time. Some even say when this happened baseball lost all of its innocence (Douglass 1). The 1919 World Series was between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds‚ and was supposed to be easily own by the Chicago White Sox whom most felt has the superior team. The odds were 7-5 that the Sox would win every game of the series and beat the Red’s by at least two points (Solomon 1). However
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showing up at all was the breaking point for the studio heads. Although Judy managed to bring in money with box office hits‚ especially with her last film Summer Stock being a financial hit‚ MGM finally terminated their contract with her in 1950. The reason for her downfall? The unwavering addiction to her pills‚ the same pills she was given at the credulous age of 12 where she signed her name over to MGM. Not to say she was the only child actress to be given pills but she was the one star Hollywood
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Several years ago‚ I heard someone say‚ “Values are caught‚ not taught.” At first‚ this sounded counterintuitive and completely wrong. Seriously‚ I thought‚ values are so important and significant in the life of any family‚ any organization‚ and to any group‚ how could they be left to be casually‚ haphazardly caught? Shouldn’t a person or group be intentional about how it teaches deeply-held values? It seemed careless to leave the communicating of values to something as nonchalant‚ and perhaps
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The "Iron Curtain" was a metaphor that Winston Churchill used to describe the dark times that had fallen on Europe. Much of Eastern Europe had fallen to Soviet Control‚ from East Germany and Poland to Russia. This had to do with the Cold War because the cold war was a rivalry between the USSR and the USA‚ which resulted in Western Europe being a part of NATO (US Allies) and Eastern Europe was part of the Warsaw pact (USSR). The iron curtain severed the ideologies of Communism and Democracy. Because
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The virtue in individuals does not always bring prosperity to the state on the whole. Not everyone is sensitive to the good of the others. Socrates’ republic is‚ in this sense‚ utopic. Socrates states‚ "Anyone who intends to practise his craft well never does or orders but his best for himself " (Plato‚ 23). This belief does not match the modern experience nor does it match the experience of a Greek citizen in Ancient Greece. In reverse‚ Thrasymachus believes that justice is a means for the strong
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It was a mutually beneficially situation. For the children‚ they could have a stable home life and learn a trade all while being homeschooled. Likewise‚ the Shaker community was enriched just from having the children there as well as extra hands to help with various chores and trades within the community. The children were raised until adulthood and then were given the choice on whether or not they would like to stay with the Shakers. There was never any pressure to stay and
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