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    I. Plot Precis Proceeding as a sequel to “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is known as an American classic. The novel is narrated by Huckleberry Finn and begins in the town of St. Petersburg‚ Missouri. Huck is under the care of the Widow Douglas‚ a kind woman who is determined to “sivilize” Huck and her judgmental sister Miss Watson the Widow protects Huck from his alcoholic Pap‚ who they fear will come back to claim the fortunes that were found by

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    the new hot headed replacements put into congress b) An Indian tribe attacking America c) Secret British soldiers dressed as Indians d) A nick name for Federalist 6. Who were the two people that united all the Indians east of the Mississippi? a) Lewis and Clark b) Jefferson and Hamilton c) Tecumseh and the prophet d) Squanto and Sacajawea 7. What was NOT a outcome from the battle at New Orleans? a) 2000 British soldiers were killed in just a half Hour b)

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    Huckleberry Finn is a classic novel‚ bursting with countless plots‚ characters‚ hidden ideas‚ and one incredible friendship that outlast all of society ’s critical ideas. Controversy swirls around Jim‚ one of the primary characters in the novel. He and Huck become the best of friends‚ defying convention as Jim is black‚ and Huck is white. Concealed inside this novel are Twain ’s very own thoughts about societies during the 1800 ’s when he wrote Huckleberry Finn. In doing this‚ Twain hoped to show

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    Tom Sawyer gain a small fortune of $6‚000 and Huck’s father‚ Pap‚ who has been absent for virtually all of Huck’s life‚ is seeking it. Because of the constant abuse from his father‚ he is forced to run away and start on an adventure down the Mississippi River with his companion‚ Jim‚ a runaway slave. Although he leaves his home‚ it still has an influence on him. Both Pap and the two women he lives with‚ Widow Douglas and Miss Watson‚ have great influences on him. The women influence him positively

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    Every school child learns at an early age of the Louisiana Purchase. They learn simply of Thomas Jeffersons great real estate deal that more than doubled the size of the young United States. What they do not learn‚ however‚ is of the intense debate in congress‚ which nearly put the brakes on Jeffersons plan; or of the underhanded financial deals the Jefferson made while congress bickered in order to come up with the funding for the purchase; or of the decisions Jefferson made that seemingly compromised

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    kill each other in their age old conflict. Twain shows that 19th century American society was corrupt by hypocritical ways of how people truly were‚ despite what their appearance leads to them to seem like. Throughout Huck ’s adventure down the Mississippi river‚ this young

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    Mark Twain’s controversial Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows a young boy‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ and a slave‚ Jim‚ who escape their town in Missouri and begin a journey together down the Mississippi River. The novel is set in 1830’s America‚ when slavery was present in many states. The book’s central theme of racism creates a strong divide between critics‚ many of whom argue whether Twain’s work is a satire of white society in pre-Civil War times‚ or whether there is racism in the novel that undermines

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    Ever since the settlers began to settle in America the west was a desired land where they envisioned new opportunities and better living conditions. To the west of the Mississippi laid fertile land occupied by thousands of buffaloes and 250‚000 Indians which lived off the land and animals surrounding them. The American federal government had an enormous impact in the pushing of Indians off their land. To obtain this land the government would submit the indians to war‚ administer the sale of the lands

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    What was your reaction to the events associated with Freedom Summer 1964‚ as depicted in the film Mississippi Burning? My reaction in regards to the events associated with Freedom Summer 1964 where it was depicted in the film Mississippi Burning was horrific. There is no reason to simply murder three people. Nonetheless‚ absolutely no reason at all to murder three people based on their beliefs and intentions. The methods that the Ku Klux Klan members had used to torture their targets are sickening

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    because of Mark Twain‘s use of words.Throughout the novel‚ Mark Twain develops a relationship between a young boy and African American man and effect of friendship over racism. In the beginning of the novel when Huck and Jim were sailing on the Mississippi‚ Huck didn’t see Jim as a person‚ he saw him the way society saw him. Huck was raised in a society where slaves were property‚ and they got treated differently than everyone else. Huck tends to have an immature side to him."They get down on one

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