Lewis Acids and BasesLewis acids and bases play an important role in chemical reactions because‚ except oxidation-reduction reactions‚ almost every reaction could be categorized as an acid-base reaction. Bases in water solutions show certain specific characteristics: bitter taste‚ feel slippery‚ and turn litmus paper blue. Acids in water solutions show these most common characteristics: sour taste‚ react with metals‚ and turn litmus paper red. The understanding of chemical reactions‚ such as acid
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expeditions was the Lewis and Clark expedition. Although Lewis and Clark did not technically “find” anything‚ the expedition was important to American history and helped people gain knowledge and provided individuals with inquisitiveness of what was in the West. The knowledge gained through the expedition‚ helped improve the colony’s knowledge and helped lead to even more important advances in American history. Lewis was born on August 18th‚ 1774 and Clark was born on August 1st 1770. Lewis’ family had
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as a slave‚ Joseph Vance Lewis would receive his greatest gift just ten years later: his freedom. Surpassing what he was told was unattainable for him because of the color of his skin; JV Lewis became an educator and lawyer. He was later admitted to the Supreme Court where he was soon recognized as the first African-American lawyer to win a case before a Harris County jury in favor of a black client accused of murder. This case and many other accomplishments made by JV Lewis are highlighted in his
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Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible develops characters that portray problems with their identities. This inner struggle is clearly seen in the main character John Proctor. He is the man Miller has chosen to struggle with “the dilemma of men‚ fallible‚ subject to pride‚ but forced to choose between the “negative good” of truth and morality‚ and the “positive good” of human life.” (Internet‚ Arthur Miller Home Page) In order for this character to develop‚
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expression of our commitment to ourselves‚ one another‚ this country and this world.” This is relevant to today because voting is overlooked and taken for granted. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided equal rights to all people and enabled all races the equality they deserve. This act was signed into law on August 6‚ 1965‚ by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War‚ including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
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picked John Lewis as a company to elaborate upon in this report. When looking into the company John Lewis they are uprising. They expand and broaden their range of products and services. They sell products to upper and middle class customers. John Lewis also has 28 department stores and 4 John Lewis at home stores. As well as the John Lewis department stores the partnership operates five Waitrose Food & Home stores combining the group’s Waitrose supermarkets with some of the John Lewis division’s
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mention the name John Lewis is an image of a high street retail giant. Indeed the John Lewis Partnership is one of the UK’s top ten retail businesses with 27 John Lewis department stores and more than 166 Waitrose stores‚ the upmarket supermarket chain owned by the partnership‚ in Great Britain. The first store opened in Oxford Street London in 1864 with the first branch of the Waitrose chain opening in 1904. But for many‚ what may be an unknown detail about the John Lewis Partnership is that it
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The poem‚ “Jabberwocky” written by Lewis Carroll is known as “one of his most famous‚ and included made up words that have slipped their way into English dictionaries (Shaw‚ 2004).” The poem is about a father and his son‚ and the father warns the son of an evil beast called the Jabberwock that is living in the “tulgey wood (Kirszner & Mandell‚ 2012‚ p. 629).” The son is curious of this evil beast that his father is talking about‚ and embarks on an adventure to find the Jabberwock. In my opinion
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proposal to finance for a mapping and scientific expedition to the far Northwest‚ beyond the Mississippi‚ which was foreign territory. In May‚ 1804‚ Jefferson assigned as commanders‚ Meriwether Lewis his personal secretary and William Clark‚ to set out on an amazing expedition across the Louisiana Territory. Lewis and Clark succeeded in many areas: Opened the U.S. from the Missouri River north to the Pacific Ocean‚ mapped and described the areas in detail‚ discovered many previously unknown species of
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Tuesday evening Michael ‚and his friend Lewis we’re out at a new busy burger restaurant in New York that had the best juicy burgers. Michael was six foot two‚with brown hair‚ and green eyes‚ and lewis was six foot five with‚ brown hair‚and brown eyes. Michael order a number 12 with cheese‚ and Lewis was the kind of person who would get salad at a burger place‚ but get a burger at a salad place. This is when three Guys and their girlfriends walked in Lewis stared down one of the other man’s girlfriend
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