DO‚ BOD‚ pH‚ and Turbidity of four Aquatic Environments in Natchitoches‚ Louisiana I. Introduction From August 27th to September 3rd of this year‚ data was collected from Chaplin’s Lake‚ Cane River‚ Wellwoods Lake‚ and Wellwoods Bayou in Natchitoches‚ Louisiana. Data collected by previous Ecology classes in 2010 and 2011 was included in the experiment in order to provide data that could help to determine patterns over time. The objective of this experiment was to measure and compare dissolved
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Introduction The Ohio River has had a big impact on Southern Illinois’ history. It helped with the expansion west and also helped with the early economy and market. The Ohio River became more trafficked by flatboats in the late eighteen hundreds early nineteen hundreds. The Ohio River is an English name. It came from the Iroquois word “O-Y-O‚” meaning “the great river” .It was used as a faster way to transport goods to New Orleans and also to aid settlers on their pilgrimage west. 1765-1820 was considered
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Jefferson Goes Against His Own Philosophy: Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America in 1803 of 828‚000 square miles of France’s claim to the territory of Louisiana. The Louisiana territory encompassed all or part of 15 current U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. At the time‚ the purchase faced domestic opposition because it was thought to be unconstitutional. Although Thomas Jefferson agreed that the U.S. Constitution did not contain
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would likely do and feel after that? Desiree? “The Storm” Some background on race and class‚ revealed in “At the ‘Cadian Ball” which precedes the events in “The Storm.” Clarisse and Alcée are Creoles‚ descendants of French or Spanish settlers in Louisiana. Calixta and Bobinôt are Acadians‚ descendants of French-American exiles from Acadia‚ Nova Scotia‚ who were driven from their homes by the British in 1755. Most of the Creoles in Chopin’s stories are comparatively wealthy‚ usually landowners or merchants
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a deal was reached. Louisiana Purchase- Robert Livingston- along with James Monroe‚ negotiated in Paris for the Louisiana land area; signed a treaty on April 30‚ 1803 ceding Louisiana to the United States for $15 million. The Americans had signed 3 treaties and gotten much land to the west of the Mississippi. 820‚000 square miles at 3 cents/acre. Jefferson sent his personal secretary‚ Meriwether Lewis‚ and William Clark to explore the northern part of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Print Cite In 1803‚ President Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from the French government for $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase stretched from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to New Orleans‚ and it doubled the size of the United States. To Jefferson‚ westward expansion was the key to the nation’s health: He believed that a republic depended
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the office. Marbury v. Madison: the argument that led to the most important Supreme Court decision‚ Judicial review: The final decision gave the ability of the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional. Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon sold the entire Louisiana Territory to the United States and the Senate ratified it; eventually‚ the size of U.S. doubled. Sacajawea: A Native American woman who served as interpreter and guide during the Lewis and Clark expedition. 2. Make a chart
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number one is the Louisiana Purchase. If Jefferson was still following his beliefs of strict-constructionism‚ then the Louisiana Purchase would have never happened. However‚ he began to look at the Constitution in a more loose way‚ not completely going by the book‚ which led to the Jefferson Compromise. The Jefferson Compromise was Thomas Jefferson putting aside his constitutional and moral values to purchase that large area of land in a transaction now known as the Louisiana Purchase. The second
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constructionists‚ who opposed the broad constructionism of both Jefferson and Madison who were Federalists. In both‚ Jefferson’s and Madison’s presidencies they highlighted Federalists ideals in their decisions‚ including Jefferson’s purchase of the Louisiana territory. The average Dem-Rep had many beliefs in which followed the Constitution completely. Jefferson stood in the Constitution’s corner (Doc A) and believed that anything that wasn’t in there was saved for the states which represented the Dem-Rep
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Commander in Chief he changed his tune towards these issues. The three largest contradictions that stand out amongst his actions were his war with the Barbary pirates‚ using restrictive economic policies to achieve his goals‚ and his acquiring of Louisiana. Although these contradictions were for the good of the country‚ he still went against the convictions that got him elected. Critically‚ Thomas Jefferson went against his views of having "unnecessarily" large military that would intimidate
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