Christian Ruiz Mr. Kelley Period1 14 February 2013 Louisiana Purchase On April 30‚1803 the Louisiana territory‚ which was a third of the land for the new nation we call America‚ was purchased from France for fifteen million dollars. This helped fund Napoleon’s war against Great Britain. Thomas Jefferson made this decision because Jefferson did not want any other nation ruling in that territory‚ because Jefferson did not want to feel threatened with natives from the new land and France trying
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to the white rulers throughout the South at the end of the Reconstruction period. The Bourbons were democrats who ruled Louisiana until well into the 20th century. After 1877 cotton and sugar planters along with wealthy New Orleans businessmen reigned over the state; many of them were sons or grandsons of those that ruled before the Civil War. The Bourbon Democrats of Louisiana quickly realized that they would not be able to completely return to the plantation South of 1860‚ so they slowly entered
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Louisiana Purchase I believe that the Louisiana Purchase was one of the greatest impacts on American society because of the large amount of land and how it helped our economy. In this report you will see how lucky that the United States is to have obtained this large piece of land from France. Their are many reasons why Napoleon had to sell this large piece of land. Napoleon thought that this land could be a great asset to the French if they knew what to do with it. He didn’t
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000 state offenders are released from prison each year in Louisiana (Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 2013). Within five years‚ nearly half will find themselves back behind bars. As Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world‚ this State is faced with serious challenges in handling its prison population. The recidivism rate is reasonably high‚ and the costs for taxpayers are billions of dollars; reducing recidivism in Louisiana is one of the first objectives of the current administration
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has grown to 50 states‚ however this expansion came at a cost. American expansion had huge impacts on the development‚ and ultimate abolition of slavery‚ and changed other major parts of American culture in the process. Beginning as early as the Louisiana Purchase in 1806‚ issues over slavery and expansion seemed to go hand in hand up until slavery was officially abolished by
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Louisiana Constitution and Systems of the State Ed Calvin POL/215 February 27‚ 2013 Dr. D. Bryant III Louisiana Constitution and Systems of the State The Louisiana Constitution in 1812 used the U.S. Constitution as a guideline to write its contents. After receiving authorization from the U.S. Congress the delegates developed the constitution and on January 22‚ 1812 the state first constitution was signed. The state’s current constitution was adopted by constitutional convention in 1974
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Introduction In this essay we attempt to describe the Louisiana Creole according to its history or origin‚ its speech community‚ its geographical location and the reasons why it is considered a Creole and not a language. Pidgin and Creole We can start this assignment by defining what a Creole is. However‚ in order to do this‚ we also have to define what a Pidgin is. Let us begin in that way. A Pidgin is a language with no native speakers; it is a contact language. In fact‚ the term pidgin
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beneficial to the country or harmful‚ but it is true‚ without a doubt‚ that it had an enormous impact on the Southern states. Both Gilles Vandal and Horace Bond in their articles discuss the impact that Reconstruction had on the southern states of Louisiana and Alabama‚ respectively. Both authors view Reconstruction through the same lenses of social and economic impact‚ but they approach the issues from different directions. It is important
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movie takes the viewers to a community with different values and standards for living. Instead of a focus on education‚ nutrition‚ and proper behavior‚ the characters here are centered on survival. These seem like wild animals to us. The Bathtub of Louisiana is not a place most of us envision raising a child. The movie centers around one 6 year old little girl‚ Hushpuppy who lives in the Bathtub with her Daddy. With no previous acting experience‚ she won the hearts of many with her performance. There
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to be involved in politics. Being able to be apart of the country in which they live in‚ African-Americans were content. Many joined government bodies. The new Louisiana constitution that was rewritten under the Reconstruction Acts of 1867 salutes many of the blacks‚ most of them freeborn‚ who formed a majority of delegates at the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1868. The many others who were did not physically a part of government exercised their rights to vote with the rest of the eligible
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