gain admission to the Univeristy of Mississippi‚ ‘Ole Miss’‚ and desegregate education in the state most resistant to integration of educational institutions‚ has become a crucial episode in civil rights history. Ole Miss transformed Mississippi politics and contributed to a cultural shift in the region‚ as well as invigorated local civil rights activists and those in neighboring states 1. The historic showdown between James Meredith and the University of Mississippi gives perspective on the place of
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Jamie Eaves Paper #1 Feb. 18‚ 2013 4.2 Superior Council of Louisiana‚ Excerpts from Debates on Whether to Intervene in a Choctaw-Chickasaw War (1723) In 1723‚ the council of the early French Louisiana met to make a decision on whether to intervene in a war that was being fought between two of the Native American tribes‚ the Choctaws and the Chickasaws. This document contains six excerpts from their discussions over the matter and their decision to let the war between the two tribes continue
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Good morning family and friends of the beloved Eugina S. Frog. My sister and I have been through a lot of hardships together‚ from our father passing and us hoping to a new pond. Eugina was a curious and unique frog‚ she brought happiness everywhere she went. She was well-known on the west side of the pond. Eugina lived to be twelve years old‚ she had 1‚000‚200 babies with her husband Robert A. Frog. In the twelve years that Eugina lived‚ she accomplished many goals that she planned to succeed. For
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University of Mississippi. Many civil rights activists shied away from any social progress activities in Mississippi‚ due to the engraved white supremacy ideology in the Mississippian society. When Meredith challenged the state of Mississippi as a whole‚ the civilians
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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 of the United States. For one‚ it gave us complete control of the Mississippi‚ which helped many farmers with transporting goods. Second‚ it expanded the size of the United States. It stretched from the Mississippi River in the
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Mexico‚ the Mississippi River twists and winds for nearly 1‚000 miles. Commonly referred to as the trunk of the American tree ’. The river was vital to both the American Government and to the Confederate forces in the west. The city of Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ 250 feet high‚ overlooks the Mississippi River on the Louisiana-Mississippi state border. Confederate forces mounted artillery batteries ready to challenge the passage of Union ships. Receiving control of Vicksburg and the Mississippi River was
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Group. (2009‚ June 30). Bill Moyers Journal: Privitizing Government Services / State Buget Woes. Retrieved January 20‚ 2011‚ from Films on Demand: http://digital.films.com/protalPlaylists.aspx?aid=10765&xtid= Office of the Mississippi State Treasurer. (2010‚ December 22). Mississippi State Treasurer Office of State Treasurer: http://www.treasurer.state.ms.us Public administration and public management: The principal-agent perspective by Jan-Erik Lane Routledge‚ 2005 Pages: 292. £75
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with $ 11‚ 250‚ 000 to be paid directly. President Thomas Jefferson sent James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston to Paris to negotiate the purchase. Because of concern with French intentions‚ the purchase was to be for a tract of land on the lower Mississippi‚ or at least‚ free navigation of the river. Surprised by the French offer of the entire territory‚ Monroe and Livingston immediately negotiated the treaty. A one stroke‚ the United States doubled in size and an enormous tract of land was opened
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an old saw he finds. He then kills a pig to fake his own death and smears blood all over the shed so the story is more believable. Man vs. Nature -The conflict between man and nature in this book are shown many times‚ most occurring on the Mississippi River‚ as Huckleberry and Jim escape many towns. The first time it appears is when Jim predicts a storm coming. Two days later it does‚ and floods ensue. Jim and Huckleberry have to wait out for the next few days until the river recedes. Later on
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A little over two centuries ago – with the briefest of negotiations and under leadership of President Thomas Jefferson – the United States doubled in size. The Louisiana Purchase was a deal that encompassed all of the territory between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains‚ excluding Texas. At less than three cents per acre for 828‚000 square miles‚ it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. A bargain that cemented Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as President‚ even though Jefferson would
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