The Louisiana Purchase took place in 1803‚ by President Thomas Jefferson. It was a huge land deal between France and The United States. In this purchase‚ the United States of America paid fifteen million dollars to get all the land west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains. This historic event doubled the size of the U.S. by one simple signature. The Louisiana Purchase was the best purchase ever made by the United States. The purchase of this land increased the economic resources
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The nineteenth century was a period of awareness to American letters. The influence of European Romanticism yielded the way to a transcendent character. This period saw the emergence of a movement called Transcendentalism‚ which was born as a form of rejection of strict Puritan religious attitudes from New England‚ where the movement originated. The Transcendentalists were influenced by Romanticism‚ especially in areas such as self- examination‚ the exaltation of individualism‚ and the beauties of
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wars are done treaties are signed. The Mexican American war is a war where the U.S provoke Mexico into war mainly for territorial growth which occurred when the U.S won the war. Many other things went into provoking Mexico to go to war. The U.S believed that Texas belonged to them so they tried taking over in wat‚ but were unable to. The Mexican government opened Texas to Euro Americans as long they obeyed the laws. As the number of Euro American grew in the Texas‚ they felt resentful when Mexico
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The Revolution era was both exciting and disturbing; some saw it as a great victory and progress for the country while others felt disturbed and uneasy with the changes it brought. Despite the disturbing parts of the war‚ it ended a myriad of years of British rule for the colonies and created what is now the United States of America. There remain to be a good amount of debates on whether or not the Revolution was inevitable‚ such as John Adams’ letter to Thomas Jefferson in 1818‚ which I will talk
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Cold War Essay What do you think the Cold War is/was? Was it a war between communism and democracy? Well the Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism while the United States wanted to spread democracy. The Cold War was called Cold because there was not direct fighting between the two countries the Soviet Union and the United States. The two countries only fought proxy wars against each other‚ the definition for a proxy war
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Multi-tasking: Beneficial or Detrimental? Today‚ multitasking is found everywhere with a huge variety of situational settings. Multitasking can be argued to mean different things to all individuals. Nonetheless‚ there is a lack of real comprehension of the complications involving multitasking. I plan to provide insight into what multitasking implies and means. My research will present how multitasking is preformed in both observational and personal combinations. This essay will explore the concept
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elections in the United States. Each election‚ significant in it’s own way‚ some more than others. The election of 1800‚ had particular significance‚ it alone brought forward a string of Republican Presidencies which changed the United States and set the stage for formal political parties. First of all‚ this was an election between the Federalists and Democrat-Repubilcans. John Adams was the Federalist President and his competitor was Thomas Jefferson‚ a Republican. The period leading up to the election
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Comp. of 1850: The significance of this compromise was that it‚ like a number of other actions‚ was an attempt to refuse the tensions that were leading to the Civil War. It is also significant to write that the Compromise failed to do this to any great extent. The Compromise of 1850 was meant to be like the Missouri Compromise. It was meant to calm sectional tensions. However‚ it was not able to do this. It failed to calm the tensions largely because of the inclusion of the Fugitive Slave Act
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musician was not an easy path for Akiyoshi. Seen as an accomplished jazz composer‚ starting with her Granz-recording‚ Toshiko began to realize that people saw her as an outsider to American jazz because she was both Japanese and a woman. These two categories were considered second class no matter what nationality or race. In 1959‚ after she left Berklee‚ she made her own way as a musician‚ composer‚ and arranger and thought that audiences were seeing her just like other musicians‚ no matter what her
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impactful roles in society. The impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade (AST) on African Americans introduced a destructive turn of events‚ however after centuries of torture and inequality‚ African Americans took a stand to gain equal rights and opportunities in "the land of the free". It is safe to say that the impact of the AST was an absolute tragedy. Africa‚ at one time‚ was a thriving center of world commerce and it was a specific chain of events that led to European colonization and demand of African
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