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    The Union made keeping Missouri and Kentucky an important objective. As a result of the Battle of Boonville‚ in June 1961‚ Missouri stayed in the Union and did not secede. Kentucky decided to remain neutral but eventually decided to stay in the Union (although Kentucky did supply troops for both sides during the war). The Union forces continued to secure border states and in February 1962 won the Battle of Fort Henry in western Kentucky. From Kentucky Grant moved south along the Tennessee River

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    humanitarian work includes raising funds for the 2010 Haiti earthquake‚ and 2004 Tsunami. Clooney was born in Lexington‚ Kentucky. Clooney began his education at the Blessed Sacrament School in Fort Mitchell‚ Kentucky. Spending part of his childhood in Ohio‚ he attended St. Michael’s School in Columbus‚ and St. Susanna School in Mason. His parents eventually moved to Augusta‚ Kentucky‚ where Clooney attended Augusta High School. He has stated that he earned all As and a B in school‚[15] and was an enthusiastic

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    you’re in‚ the sierra club will come at you in very different ways depending on the cause at hand. This means if you live in California‚ the sierra club will fight to protect water rights and conservation as well as air pollution. If one lives in Kentucky then the sierra club will fight you on coal while promoting wind industry. The unique thing the sierra club has going for it is that it has many different platform to speak from while fighting for a common goal. One of the ways the sierra club has

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    The United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone

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    Last Will and Testament Will Of: Brittany Dyer I‚ Brittany Dyer‚ a resident of Irvine‚ Kentucky‚ hereby make this Will and revoke all prior Wills and Codicils. I was born on January 10‚ 1992 in Clark Regional Medical Center. I am not married and I have never been married. I have 2 living children. Preston Alexzander Marion Hardy born on April 5‚ 2011‚ natural child. Joshua Chase Hardy born on September 27‚ 2014‚ natural child. In the event am the sole surviving parent of minor children‚ then I

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    Snelson et al. 2009). Five of the seven Elassoma species have restricted geographic distributions. Of these seven species‚ only the banded pygmy sunfish‚ Elassoma zonatum‚ occurs in Kentucky and was originally thought restricted to the coastal plain region (Clay‚ 1975). It is now known that E. zonatum populations in Kentucky inhabit three different drainages. The Coastal Plain population drains into the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers‚ while the Green River population drains into the

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    Daniel Boone‚an American explorer was born in Berks county‚Pennsylvania.Daniel learned some Blacksmithing‚but didn’t have much time for education.His parents left Pennsylvania in 1750‚ bound for the Yadkin Valley of the northwest‚North Carolina.Boone served as a wagoner and married a neighbor’s daughter‚Rebecca Bryan‚in 1756.Daniel purchased the land back in North Carolina‚from his father‚but never farmed on it‚which he loved to roam.Daniel died on September 26‚1820‚at age 86 at his son’s home near

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    joined the Scouts at age 7 and continued to stay with the program until obtaining the rank of Eagle Scout. I have learned a lot from the Boy Scouts and how to be a leader. I try to follow a path on which is morally straight. I attended Western Kentucky University for one and a half years‚ following graduation from Allen County Scottsville High School‚ while there I attended the ROTC program. I learned so much about Army tactics and how to lead men and women through most situations. I was approached

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    population of Native Americans. They included the Iroquois who were the dominant group in the region. They later split into the northern Iroquois and southern Cherokees. The counties of Virginia‚ East Tennessee‚ western North Carolina and eastern Kentucky were the strongest areas of unionist sentiment in Appalachia. The people involved in social activities such as attending church‚ house and barn construction‚ clearing ground‚ harvesting crops‚ hog butchering and husking

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    Do to the fact that Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin the South was then able to increase its cotton supply sending raw cotton north to be made into fabric. Francis C. Lowell increased the efficiency in the making of fabric by bringing spinning and weaving tools together into one factory. In 1846‚ Elias Howe created the sewing machine which revolutionized the manufacture of clothing. All of a sudden‚ clothing began to be made in factories as opposed to at home. Rising industries and factories led

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