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    race. This belief can either be good or bad. The westward expansion of the United States has relied on racial ideologies that exist in the Eastern states. This is because of the origin of American Imperialism in the westward expansion across the Mississippi and the Pacific. They believe that it was their ethical duty by establishing their new nations. American Imperialism is the idea of dominance economically‚ politically and culturally. It is the economic‚ military and cultural influence of the United

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    explored the Mississippi valley and established settlements there. France owned much of North America. However‚

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    because it sounded adventurous. I had always heard about the adventures of tom sawyer and I wanted to learn about his best friend huckleberry Finn. The setting took place down south along the Mississippi river. lots of ships and ferry boats traveled along this river. There were many islands in the middle of this river. Huckleberry and Jim lived on Jackson island for a little while. The main characters were Huckleberry Finn‚ Jim‚ Tom sawyer‚ and the con men. Huckleberry was around fourteen‚

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    Ko‚ Sam English Per 4 Honors English Summer Assignment 1) Traits: uneducated‚ young‚ and individualistic Throughout the book‚ it is hinted and notified that Huck Finn is the narrator. As the reader continues to read‚ he or she realizes the amount of slang and many misspelled words. The Book is written through Huck’s perspective. Because Huck has many misspelled words‚ slang and‚ grammatical errors‚ I can conclude that he is uneducated in literature. When Reading the book‚ it

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    1807‚ the little ship churned steadily from New York City up the Hudson River toward Albany which was 150 miles in 32 hours. The success was amazing. People could now defy wind‚ waves‚ tides‚ and downstream currents. Carrying capacity doubled. Keelboats went up the Mississippi at about 1 mph which was very expensive. The steamboats traveled over 10 mph against the current. By 1820 there were 60 steamboats on the Mississippi. By 1860 there were over 1000. Rivalries developed and led to racing

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    Jane Lampton Clemens. Clemens had three older brothers‚ two older sisters‚ and one younger brother. In 1839‚ when Clemens was about four years old‚ he and his family moved 35 miles east to the growing port city of Hannibal that lies along the Mississippi River. John Clemens worked as a judge while his wife Jane stayed home and took care of the children. Due to being born premature Samuel suffered from poor health and was kept indoors till age nine. He then attended a private school in Hannibal. When

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    access to different areas of the country including the interior and was more cost affective than inland transportation‚ like rail roads. Canals become such a big hit because of their accessibility to the major seaboard cities and rivers‚ like the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. The Erie Canal is considered to be the best engineering achievement for the United States. It not only

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    Fieldtrip focus 1. Introduction Hypothesis We know every river starts its journey from its source. In the upper course of the river‚ the channel is at a high above its base level i.e. its mouth. Thus the gradient is high. Due to the height‚ it has a lot of potential energy. So it uses this energy to reach its base level. So the process mainly at work is vertical erosion. Further it has got a lot of interlocking spurs. There is less lateral erosion taking place. So the bed load is composed of

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    southerners whose lack of intelligence is displayed prominently throughout the novel. In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huckleberry goes on an adventure down the Mississippi river with a escaped slave named Jim. Together they go through many hardships on their way down the river to help Jim escape from slavery. Throughout the novel‚ both Huckleberry and Jim reflect their superstition‚ their active imagination‚ and their belief in magic through their actions. Huckleberry

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    such as‚ Twain placing Huck on the river he grew up on‚ having Huck not be specific with his religious beliefs‚ and never staying in the same place for long. The main thing that stood out in the book was that the story always happened around the river. Huck would go away from the river for a while but would always end up coming back to it a short time later. It was the same way with Mark Twain‚ whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens. "Mark Twain" is a river man’s term for water that was just

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