President Jefferson needed the land for the Louisiana Purchase to be mapped out. Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to do this for him. Lewis wrote to his friend and former Army colleague‚ William Clark‚ and invited him to join the expedition as co-leader. Clark‚ then living in Kentucky‚ wrote back: “This is an undertaking fraited with many difeculties‚ but my friend I do assure you that no man lives whith whome I would perfur to undertake such a Trip.” The journey began
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mapping and scientific expedition to the far Northwest‚ beyond the Mississippi‚ which was foreign territory. In May‚ 1804‚ Jefferson assigned as commanders‚ Meriwether Lewis his personal secretary and William Clark‚ to set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. Lewis and Clark succeeded in many areas: Opened the U.S. from the Missouri River north to the Pacific Ocean‚ mapped and described the areas in detail‚ discovered many previously unknown species of fauna and established
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In The Ron Clark Story‚ students are considered to be the bottom of the barrel. Most of the students do not have a wonderful home life and it is reflected onto their school work. For an example‚ a young boy named Tayshawn has a very disturbing and abusing home life and is not afraid to use violence on others. Badriyah ‚even though she shows her eagerness to learn; she still manages to get bullied over her love for reading by her family and friends. Most of the teachers look at these children as
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When the students of Lewis & Clark were commonly describing the student body as alternative‚ socially conscious‚ and creative‚ I knew I would fit in. I’m interested in attending Lewis & Clark College because the college and student body’s values of social responsibility are the same values that I hold throughout my daily life. Beyond the high quality and personable teaching I can receive in classes‚ the things I can learn from the students are invaluable. I would receive so much insight from the
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Discussion of the poems of Nancy Knapp‚ Nellie Clark‚ and Dora William from the book Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters. In life have you ever thought that no matter what you do all life is going to do is get worse? Have you ever had something done to you that you couldn’t or wouldn’t tell anyone because you were scared? In the book Spoon River Anthology there are many poems that show life was hard for people. Most of the people in Spoon River Anthology believe that they only had one
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Polly Clarks “Elephant” essay Polly Clarks ”Elephant” is about a author named William who deals with his problems every day. William is a writer. His work consists of young female pop-singers biographies. The story starts in media res‚ we just jump straight into the story without further information. The story takes place in William’s dark his house and it is set in a normal afternoon in William’s life. The curtains are closed‚ so William cannot watch his garden‚ which is overcrowded with weed
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best expeditions was the Lewis and Clark expedition. Although Lewis and Clark did not technically “find” anything‚ the expedition was important to American history and helped people gain knowledge and provided individuals with inquisitiveness of what was in the West. The knowledge gained through the expedition‚ helped improve the colony’s knowledge and helped lead to even more important advances in American history. Lewis was born on August 18th‚ 1774 and Clark was born on August 1st 1770. Lewis’
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Writers use alienated characters to show the moral values of a society. In The Help by Kathryn Stockett‚ Aibileen Clark is a character who is alienated from society because of her race. Aibileen is an African American woman living in Jackson‚ Mississippi during the early 1960’s. During this time period‚ colored people were discriminated against and dehumanized just for being a darker color. These absurd beliefs were the main reason no colored maid ever spoke up to the whites on how they were being
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Spirit Mound 6 miles north of the river. Lewis and Clark took several men and hiked a few hours north of the river. Their goal was to investigate an isolated hill on the prairie rumored to be inhabited by fierce spirit people who were 18 inches tall. They had remarkably large heads and could through shafts across a great distance to kill. Lewis and Clark took several men and hiked a few hours to get there The land also had
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Mamie Phipps Clark Mamie Phipps Clark started her college career in 1934. She began going to college at Howard University as a math major which she graduated magna cum laude in 1938 but when she went back she changed her major to psychology after her husband Kenneth Clark persuaded her to do so. He told her that there would not be that many job opportunities for her and thought it would be better if she got a degree in psychology. When she entered the master’s program‚ she started on her thesis
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