for 2‚341 miles (3.767 km)‚ North America’s longest river‚ the Missouri River‚ is a gem of natural resources and a vital transportation pathway. Nicknamed the “Big Muddy” because of its silt material‚ the river begins at the confluence of the Madison‚ Jefferson‚ and Gallatin Rivers in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana‚ and meanders through mountainous canyons and from bluff to bluff across the Great Plains. Around 1500‚ the Missouri River valley was the home of several Native American tribes‚
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The Great Compromise: The 3/5ths Compromise‚ and Tax The Great Compromise‚ the 3/5ths Compromise‚ and The Bill Of Rights justify that the making of the Constitution was a "bundle of compromises". The Great Compromise is the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature‚ with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house. To satisfy the smaller states‚ each state
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The rupture in the United States that the argument over slavery had made was far too deep and wide to be mended by compromises alone. During the early 1800s‚ Americans were optimistic about fixing the slavery issue by passing laws and bills that satisfied both the North and South‚ but they were proved largely ineffective. It seems that sectionalism had begun to overcome nationalism. Northerners tended to not only disagree with themselves having to comply with fugitive slave laws and with slavery
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The Mormon Extermination in Missouri Some people search their whole lives looking for something to fulfill them‚ to give meaning‚ and to find purpose. Some go to their graves never finding it‚ but for others‚ they find that meaning and yearn to share it with others. In 1830‚ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was established by a man named Joseph Smith in New York. The members of this church soon received the nickname “Mormons” because of their adherence and belief to The Book of Mormon
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Compromise is defined on a dictionary as “an agreement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.” But to compromise is more than the dictionary definition. Compromise will obtain peace between people‚ states‚ and countries‚ and it can even saves massive people’s lives and environment. “Compromise” sounds like easy solution to most people. However‚ many people‚ even governments‚ struggle to make a decision on whether to compromise or not‚ because they always have to “give up” something
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The Missouri Compromise Sectional tension between the slave south and free north arose over the control of the vast western lands‚ in 1819. During that year‚ Missouri‚ the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River and carved from the Louisiana Purchase‚ wanted admission from the Congress to be recognized as a slave state. The territory contained a sufficient population to become a state‚ yet the House of Representatives withheld passing Missouri as a state. At the moment‚ the Tallmadge
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The problem with the credit card industry isn’t just credit card companies it’s the people that use credit cards too. A lot of people apply for credit cards because they see the balance of money that they can receive. A credit card can be an asset to your lifestyle‚ but if the credit card is not handled and used carefully it can become a liability‚
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The Industrial Revolution Many of us cannot imagine life with out the mall or better yet life with out a cell phone. We take for granted being fortunate enough to be born a child of the new millennium. With our convenience however comes ignorance. We forget about the time when it took a year for a letter to get delivered from the east coast to the west coast. We forget that we did not just appear to be in this country and that everything was already here. The era that changed all that was
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that faced the South. When new territories were added to the nation‚ it was politically relevant that they were added in such a way that the balance of power was maintained. The Compromise of 1850 addressed this balance. The Compromise was a group of five laws that addressed slavery and overturned the Missouri Compromise. The climate of the time quickly becomes one of the northern states against
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Part 1 1 Wife of Bath sees marriage as a means for her to have sex and she has a strong sexual appetite. She feels that God gave women sexual desires and that it can’t be wrong to give in to those desires because they are God-given. Furthermore‚ she says that she knows men also have strong sexual desires so she uses sex‚ or the lack of it‚ to control her husbands The Wife of Bath begins the Prologue to her tale by establishing herself as an authority on marriage‚ due to her extensive personal
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