The Famous Expedition of Lewis and Clark The expedition of Lewis and Clark was a very important time in history. It was a time of growth and new discoveries in the U.S.A. Lewis and Clark were able to discover many plants and animals by their characteristics. Due to the new discoveries by Lewis and Clark‚ the nation began to expand. They were skillful‚ resourceful and intelligent. These character traits made them different
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One of the NFL’s greats and future Hall of Famer Ray Lewis is an inspiration to people all over the world. The struggles and hardship he endured light a fire in him to strive for better even when the cards weren’t in his favor. His dedication made him into a strong and wise leader of a Super Bowl winning team. As a motivational speaker as well he helps people get confidence to make something of themselves no matter what. His story lets people know that even though times get rough if you fight and
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October 22‚ 2013 US History 1010 Lewis and Clark the Corps of Discovery The Lewis and Clark expedition‚ better known as The Corps of Discovery. This was the first party to ever venture the west of the United States. They departed May 1804 on the Mississippi river from St. Louis where they made their way west through the continental divide to the coast of the pacific. After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition. The Louisiana Purchase was one of
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The Lewis and Clark expedition was the equivalent in its day of a journey to the moon. Both had skilled men leading the expedition‚ were used to collect data‚ and used many important other people to make their journey successful. Leading both expeditions were skilled men. Lewis was a skilled soldier‚ skilled woodsman‚ and was chief aid to Jefferson‚ while Clark was and expert map maker‚ he could calculate rivers‚ and he was an army commander. On the first American journey to the moon three highly
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Jake Overton Coach Wernquist 8th Grade History 10 May 2013 Lewis & Clark “In the spring of 1804‚ Lewis and Clark left St. Louis and headed up the Missouri River. They had 3 boats and they took 40 men with them‚ most of these men were Americans some French Canadians.” (Davidson). “These men needed to search the west for many reasons. One main reason was to set the stage for settlement of the West‚ also this land had not been explored yet. This exploration opened land and discovered
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Lewis spends most of his defense of the Christian faith on an argument from morality‚ a point which persuaded him from atheism to Christianity. He bases his case on a moral law‚ a "rule about right and wrong" commonly known to all human beings‚ citing the example of Nazism; both Christians and atheists believed that Hitler’s actions were morally wrong. On a more mundane level‚ it is generally accepted that stealing is violating the moral law. Lewis argues that the moral law is like the law of nature
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Matthew Lewis Period 5 1/7/15 Purifying the Nation: Reformers of the Early Nineteenth Century Questions 1. What criticism of American society did the individual have? Ralph Waldo Emerson based his work with nature. He stated the idea that we must find our place in nature. The American society thought that we were not essential to nature’s health. 2. What methods did the person use to improve American life? Emmerson improved American life by people a sense of Independence and culture. People enjoyed
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Daniel Zucker Lewis Hine was an American photographer and sociologist. Lewis used his photography as a tool in American social reform concentrating on ending child labor. This photograph was taken around 1908‚ after Hine was hired by the Child Labor Committee to take pictures of child labor. The pictures that Hine took working for the committee were largely responsible for ending child labor. People knew what was happening‚ but never saw how bad and in such an emotion provoking way. Lewis Hine was very
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Lewis Latimer 			Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea‚ Massachusetts‚ on September 4‚ 1848‚ six years after his parents‚ George and Rebecca Latimer‚ had run away from slavery in Virginia. They were determined to be free and that their children be born on free soil. Because of his light complexion‚ George was able to pose as a plantation owner with the darker-skinned Rebecca as his slave. Shortly after arriving in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ he was recognized as a fugitive and jailed
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The Lewis and Clark expedition ignited a period of expansion for the US. The enormous amount of new discoveries of all the new plant and animal species gave the United States a monopoly over certain products only found in the west. Ideas knowledge learned from the Indians influenced western medicine and helped shape diverse lifestyles‚ which provided the West with a much-needed break from the archaic ways of British living. The new geography discovered on the journey coaxed others to follow the expedition’s
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