In the year 1803‚ during Thomas Jefferson’s reign as president‚ the largest land gain in United States history occurred. This event is known as “The Louisiana Purchase”. The gain of land stretched from the Mississippi River all the way to the Rocky Mountains‚ and it more than doubled the size of the United States of America. The Louisiana Purchase‚ the largest land acquisition in United States history‚ helped to shape the way the country has traded‚ fought‚ and progressed throughout history.
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A little over two centuries ago – with the briefest of negotiations and under leadership of President Thomas Jefferson – the United States doubled in size. The Louisiana Purchase was a deal that encompassed all of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains‚ excluding Texas. At less than three cents per acre for 828‚000 square miles‚ it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. A bargain that cemented Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as President‚ even though Jefferson would
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Louisiana Sheriff Elections By Norman Clark‚ M.P.A. PhD Student‚ Political Science Department Louisiana State University 307 Stubbs Hall‚ Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana 70803-5433 225.287.6547 Nclar11@LSU.edu Paper was presented at the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Southwester Social Science Association‚ March 27- 30‚ 2013‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana. This paper is a section of a dissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Philosophy in the Department
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Primary in Louisiana The Blanket Primary in Louisiana is “unique primary system”. The Blanket Primary is also known as a “Jungle” Primary in Partisan elections. The reason it’s called a blanket primary is because the party affiliation is not mentioned on the ballot. The winner of the primary is the candidate who has the majority of the vote. If two candidates have the majority of the vote‚ they run against each other in a run off regardless of their party affiliation. In Louisiana‚ there is a
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YOKO ONO – Half-A-Wind-Show‚ A Retrospective. What: visual art‚ poetry‚ film‚ performance art‚ and music. When: June 7th – September 29th 2013 Where: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art‚ Humlebaek. (www.louisiana.dk) How much: 200 DKK for roundtrip train ticket & museum ticket (Buy it at Copenhagen Central Station) Did you miss it? I almost did too. Fortunately I made it to the last day and had quite a “last-mover advantage” since it was the only day it was allowed to take pictures. For
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punishment. Does capital punishment deter crimes? I strongly believe capital punishment does not deter crime. On June 25‚ 2008‚ Kennedy vs. Louisiana‚ case went to the U.S Supreme Court. The Kennedy vs. Louisiana case is informing‚ Petitioner Patrick Kennedy was convicted and sentenced to death in Louisiana for the rape of his 8 year old step daughter. Louisiana state statute authorized capital punishment for the rape of a child under 12 years of age. Patrick Kennedy did have capital punishment deal
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Known as the Louisiana Purchase‚ it opened up great opportunities to the United States and was one of Thomas Jefferson’s most important achievements. It introduced westward expansion‚ which made it possible for the United States to become a stable country and one of the great powers. Thomas Jefferson made it his goal to explore the west‚ and thought that the Louisiana purchase was a safe way to assure the U.S. safe passage while expediting
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negative initiative placed by southern legislators disabling African Americans from holding political offices‚ voting‚ serve jury duty and bear arms. This enabled white southerners to regain position in government offices. The passing of the Louisiana Black Code in 1865‚ confirmed that whites felt as if blacks could not handle the responsibility or the rights of true citizens. Whites thought they did
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State of Louisiana v. Agnostico There are over a thousand religions in the world. However‚ since there are so many of them not all of the religions can be recognized at once because every religion has a different belief system. Religion has always been an issue that have taking placed in many public institutions and spaces that have been deemed unacceptable. The framers of the Constitution did not want the United States to show the public that they have a preference of religion that can make it seem
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Roosevelt during WW II‚ and it later became an Amendment to the Constitution. Second‚ Washington talked at great length about isolationism in his farewell address‚ specifically citing that America should avoid foreign entanglements in Europe. The Louisiana Purchase was an unconstitutional act committed by Thomas Jefferson. The land was purchased from France was sold by Napoleon Bonaparte who needed the money to fund his European wars The purchase more than doubled the amount of land owned by the United
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