Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚ 1803‚ Thomas Jefferson made a treaty with Napoleon of France called the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase included the acquirement of the New Orleans area and 828‚000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River. Jefferson bought this land from France for $15 million dollars‚ with each acre costing about three cents. The Louisiana Purchase was one of Jefferson’s greatest accomplishments because it more than doubled the size of the United States. The land
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Dozens of native nations lived on the Great Plains including the Sioux Indians‚ also known as the Lakota or Dakota. The name Sioux means "little snakes". These Native Americans were nomadic and occupied territory in Minnesota‚ Wisconsin‚ and North and South Dakota‚ however they were also known to live in parts of Nebraska‚ Illinois‚ and Montana. For the Sioux nation‚ religion is an integral part of daily life. The Sioux’s world view‚ like that of a number of other indigenous peoples‚ embraces shamanism
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Subject: „A manager or leader I admire the most.” I had very big difficulties choosing one person to describe which impress me the most as a leader. This guy is Ukrainian citizen who emigrated to the USA in early ‘90s. His life was quiet difficult without any life perspectives. Jan Koum (born in Kiev‚ Ukraine on February 24‚ 1976) is an American internet entrepreneur and computer engineer. He is the CEO and co-founder with Brian Acton of WhatsApp‚ a mobile messaging application which was acquired
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Slavery has been a part of humanity since the Neolithic Revolution‚ with recorded evidence of slavery going back to 2100 B.C. (Mark‚ 2014). However‚ slavery was never practiced on such a scale as was done in the New World. Over ten million people were moved from the African continent to the New World in the largest movement of people in history (Shi‚ Tindall‚ 2016). This massive project had profound effects on the new American nation. Slavery in America has its roots in the legal indentured servitude
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Tobias Wolff’s “ Hunters in the Snow” focuses on symbolism‚ “Imagery”‚ settings and atmosphere. Author Tobia Wolff ‘s short story includes three men with distinctive personalities‚ Tub‚ Kenny‚ and Frank‚ who want to hunt in the cold bitter weather. Tub had waited an hour with his rifle for Kenny and Frank to pick him up‚ ““Imagery”” and “Atmosphere” was shown on page 172. “ The fall of the snow thickened.” “Tub stood below the overhang of a building.” Across the road the clouds whitened just above
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Regulation Shot Clock in High School Basketball Kobe “Black Mamba” Bryant‚ Kevin “Big Ticket” Garnett‚ Tracy McGrady‚ Rashad Lewis‚ Amar’e Stoudemire‚ and LeBron “King” James are some of the legendary basketball players to be drafted directly from high school to the NBA‚ one can only imagine what other talents might have emerged if the high school game was more like the professional league. A regulation shot clock would make the game more enjoyable for fans and closer to the professional or collegiate
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They say when you are making shots in basketball‚ you are a "hot" shooter. So it’s no surprise that with about three and a half minutes remaining in the game between the Fort Wayne Mastodons and North Dakota State Bison‚ the fire alarm finally sounded. The Mastodons and Bison were both shooting over 50% on their three-point attempts‚ with the ’Dons having a 80-77 lead after trailing by double-figures late in the first half and being down by seven at halftime. Unfortunately‚ after a nine-minute
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Maureen. "Sentencing And Punishment--Cruel And Unusual Punishment: The United States Supreme Court Upholds California ’s Three Strikes Law‚ Ruling The Law Does Not Violate The Eighth Amendment ’s Prohibition On Cruel And Unusual Punishment." North Dakota Law Review 80.3 (2004): 497-533. Academic Search Complete. Web. 12 Sept. 2012. Romano‚ Michael. "Striking Back: Using Death Penalty Cases To Fight Disproportionate Sentences Imposed Under California ’s Three Strikes Law." Stanford Law & Policy
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the approximately 5‚400‚000 people in the United States with active hepatitis C enter correctional facilities yearly.2 In North Dakota (popu- lation 642 000)‚ the true inci- dence and prevalence of hepatitis C is not known; however‚ 25% of all positive antibody tests for hepatitis C reported yearly by the North Dakota Department of Health originate from the North Dakota Department of Correc- tions and Rehabilitation (ND DOCR). Hepatitis C in prison populations is now a major public health problem
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American history. It was very challenging living during these for each side. The conflict they faced was over land. In order solve this issue “treaties set aside a reservation for the Dakota‚ 10 miles on either side of the Minnesota River‚ stretching for 150 miles. A skinny strip in the middle of the vast territory the Dakota were giving up. They didn’t have much choice.” Henry Sibley was the first Governor of the U.S state of Minnesota and
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