-
Ku Klux Klan 14 Th Amendment
1,468 wordsINTERNATIONAL TERRORISM By John Free. This was a very difficult project for me to carry out, coming from an area were racial discrimination is almost non existent were only sometimes does religious bigotry raise it's ugly head, but not nearly in the proportions of this project. Ku Klux Klan, is a secret terrorist organisation that originated in the southern states during the period of Reconstruction following the American Civil War and was reactivated on a wider geographic basis in the 20 th cen...
Free research essays on topics related to: grand wizard, 14 th amendment, political and social, presidential nomination, ku klux klan -
Character Traits African Americans
1,839 wordsA Lesson Before Dying takes place in a small Louisiana Cajun community in the late 1940 s. In the novel, Jefferson, a young black man, is an unwitting party to a liquor store shoot out in which three men are killed; being the only survivor, he is convicted of a murder and sentenced to death. Jefferson's personality and physical appearance in the novel provides not only a relationship to the courtroom and his cell, but also connected to the geographical setting of the In the initial setting of th...
Free research essays on topics related to: jefferson's, african americans, jefferson, courtroom, character traits -
Mixed Race French Speaking
1,354 wordsWhat is a Creole? The word Creole means many things to many people. It derives from the Latin word Creare, meaning to beget or create. The Webster dictionary says a Creole is a white person descended from the French or Spanish settlers of Louisiana and the Gulf States and preserving their characteristic speech and culture. Creoles, a term first used in the 16 th century in Latin America to distinguish the offspring of European settlers from Native Americans, blacks, and later immigrant groups. I...
Free research essays on topics related to: colonial period, latin america, european settlers, mixed race, french speaking -
Gulf Of Mexico Rocky Mountains
519 wordsWhen Thomas Jefferson became president of the United States in 1801, he dreamed of sending an expedition to explore the little-known territory west of the Mississippi river. Between 1783 and 1792 Jefferson has encouraged plans for three expeditions. All three expeditions failed. In January, 1803, he asked Congress for $ 2, 500 to pay for an expedition that might journey as far as the Pacific Ocean. The request was approval and kept secret because most of the region to be explored still belonged ...
Free research essays on topics related to: rocky mountains, louisiana, gulf of mexico, jefferson, mississippi river -
Lewis And Clark Meriwether Lewis
1,104 words1774 was the birth year of Meriwether Lewis, of Albemarle County, Virginia Meriwether Lewis, who was to become a captain in the United States Army, secretary to President Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the pacific, Governor of Louisiana Territory and helmsman extraordinary of the American frontier. (pg 6) Meriwether Lewis was born to a prestigious family. Some of his family members include: great uncle who was a part of the Kings Council before the Revolution and F...
Free research essays on topics related to: louisiana territory, lewis and clark, meriwether lewis, thomas jefferson, general washington -
Correctional Facilities Deter Crime
1,331 wordsPrivatization in corrections is a trend that is assuming increasing significance. Pratt and Maahs, characterizing privatization in corrections as a growth industry go on to note: Rooted primarily in the political and economic context of the 1980 s. The movement to privatize public services has received increasing support in response to taxpayer demands that government provide more services with fewer resources. Advocates of correctional privatization often argue from a public choice theoretical ...
Free research essays on topics related to: cost effective, deter crime, private prisons, executive summary, correctional facilities -
Rocky Mountains Mississippi River
881 wordsThe Louisiana Purchase was a vast region in North America, that the United States purchased from France by a treaty signed on Apr. 30, 1803. The Louisiana Territory contained more than 2 million sq km (800, 000 sq mi) of land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. The territory comprised present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, nearly all of Kansas, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Co...
Free research essays on topics related to: sq mi, mississippi river, rocky mountains, sq km, louisiana territory -
Baton Rouge Louisiana Rouge Louisiana State
1,820 wordsToo strong a drink for moral babies, and should be labeled 'poison'. " was the how the Republic described Kate Chopin's most famous novel The Awakening (Seyersted 174). This was the not only the view of one magazine, but it summarized the feelings of society as a whole. Chopin woke up people to the feelings and minds of women. Even though her ideas were controversial at first, slowly over the decades people began to accept them. Kate O'Flaherty Chopin was raised in St. Louis in the 1850 's and 1...
Free research essays on topics related to: kate chopin, rouge louisiana state, baton rouge louisiana, high society, oscar chopin -
Cajun Food And Culture
922 words"Cajun" and "Creole" cuisine is native to the "Bayou" country in the State of Louisiana. Creole cuisine was the creation of the French and Spanish settlers and their Black servants, and it is perhaps the best characterized by the sauces. Creole sauces are creamy and full-flavored with the rich use of herbs and spices. Cajun cooking is, generally speaking, a countrified version of Creole cuisine. It tends to be more robust and hot-pepper than its casino. It took several generations for the emergi...
Free research essays on topics related to: order to survive, cooking, upper class, creole, cajun -
Louisiana Purchase Mississippi River
438 wordsLouisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a American acquirement from France of the formerly Spanish region Louisiana. When the secret agreement of 1801 was revealed, where Spain went back to Louisiana to France, excited the uneasiness in the United States both because Napoleon France was an aggressive power and because western settlers depended on the Mississippi River for commerce. In a letter to the American minister to France Robert R. Livingston, President stated that "The day t...
Free research essays on topics related to: louisiana purchase, purchase, louisiana, mississippi river, orleans -
American Civil War Civil Rights Movement
987 wordsRunning head: HISTORY MIDTERM ESSAY History Midterm Essay October 13, 2008 History Midterm Essay It is quite difficult to choose the most important events in American history. The history of the United States is rich in events, beginning with the milestone events like the Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock, the Lewis and Clark Expedition, the Louisiana purchase, and ending with the invention of personal computer, putting a man on the moon, free and widespread public schooling, to mention a few. On t...
Free research essays on topics related to: united states history, american civil war, civil rights movement, louisiana purchase, american history -
Presidential Election President Jefferson
1,227 wordsEdward Livingston who was a famous and prominent statement and jurist in America was born on May, 26 1764 in Clermont, Columbia Country, New York. He was the son of Robert R. Livingstone, and a brother of famous American statesman and diplomat Robert R. Livingston. Besides his great-grandfather was Robert Livingston, who was the first member of the family to settle in America. Edward graduated from a private school and entered the College of new Jersey, A. B, from which he graduated in 1871. In ...
Free research essays on topics related to: louisiana, livingston, presidential election, edward, president jefferson -
Medicare Beneficiaries Trust Fund
1,250 wordsProject 2: Problem Statement, Team Charter and Work Plan Problem Statement We represent a hospital multi-system with more than 52 hospitals in 23 states. I am the Director of Clinical Operations responsible for Performance Improvement, Regulatory and Accreditation for the eleven hospitals in my division with hospitals in Mississippi (1), Louisiana (6) and Virginia (4). I work closely with the hospitals leadership team, CEO, CFO, COO, CNO, and Quality Resource Management to ensure the compliance ...
Free research essays on topics related to: 2006, resource management, trust fund, medicare, medicare beneficiaries -
First Wife L S
1,510 wordsAbsolute Blue. George Rodrigue is a very successful artist and one of the most vivid characters of the modern American Art. His works are famous all around the world, they are present in the private Art collections of politicians (Clinton, Bush, Reagan), artists, actors (Paul Newman, Whoopi Goldberg) and other celebrities, his prints and poster are the worlds most popular and collected and his images are the symbols of such companies, as Xerox and Young & Rubicam. George Rodrigue George Rodrigue...
Free research essays on topics related to: cajun, first wife, orleans, l s, louisiana -
Baton Rouge Louisiana Rouge Louisiana State
1,846 wordsKate Chopin's Controversial Views Too strong a drink for moral babies, and should be labeled poison. was the how the Republic described Kate Chopin s most famous novel The Awakening (Seyersted 174). This was the not only the view of one magazine, but it summarized the feelings of society as a whole. Chopin woke up people to the feelings and minds of women. Even though her ideas were controversial at first, slowly over the decades people began to accept them. Kate O Flaherty Chopin was raised in ...
Free research essays on topics related to: kate chopin, high society, oscar chopin, baton rouge louisiana, rouge louisiana state -
James K Polk United States Of America
1,723 wordsJefferson versus Polk: Expansionism Exemplified and Failed the span of some fifty years, the United States of America almost tripled the area of its territory. In two separate acquisitions, one by Thomas Jefferson in 1803, and the other by James K. Polk in 1848, not only did the size of the U. S. increase, but also the administrative nightmares associated with territorial expansion. Still just a maturing nation, Jefferson faced a host of difficulties in governing such a vast expanse of land, but...
Free research essays on topics related to: united states of america, louisiana purchase, louisiana territory, thomas jefferson, james k polk -
Death Penalty Capital Punishment
958 wordsEven though they are just kids, should they be tried as adults? The United States Supreme Court has ruled that the execution of children as young as sixteen is not cruel and unusual punishment. Out of thirty-eight states with the death penalty, thirteen have set the minimum age for death at eighteen; four states set the minimum at seventeen; nine set the minimum age at sixteen; twelve have no minimum age specified. In 1996, prosecutors in the state of Mississippi sought the death penalty for juv...
Free research essays on topics related to: minimum age, national coalition, death penalty, boot camp, capital punishment -
Civil Rights Act Separate But Equal Doctrine
1,674 wordsPost bellum Blues for Blacks Colored people, mainly blacks, have traveled a long and winding road to gain civil equality with whites. That road has been filled with bumps, ditches, hills, potholes, and all forms of harsh weather, but just as the song says, [They] shall carry on. Many white people consider themselves to be the master race, which causes the suffering of other races. The first fight that blacks had to endure was overcoming slavery. Slavery began during the colonization period of Am...
Free research essays on topics related to: rights act of 1964, civil rights movement, civil rights act, board of education, separate but equal doctrine -
Suffered Inevitable Discredit Destroy Artificial Privilege Jefferson
6,867 wordsThomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), 3 d PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. As the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he is probably the most conspicuous champion of political and spiritual freedom in his countrys history. He voiced the aspirations of the new nation in matchless phrase, and one may doubt if any other American has been so often quoted. As a public official legislator, diplomat, and executive he served the province and commonwealth of...
Free research essays on topics related to: jefferson's, virginia, aaron burr, served, jefferson -
Passed By Congress Declaration Of Independence
1,605 wordsThomas Thomas Jefferson Early Years Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 and grew up on the family plantation at Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. His father, Peter Jefferson owned thirty slaves and a tobacco and wheat farm. Thomas was the third of ten children. He learned to speak French, Greek and Latin. He enjoyed politics, mathematics and practicing the violin. When Jefferson was fourteen his father died, leaving him their entire estate. After he graduated in 1762 from College o...
Free research essays on topics related to: declaration of independence, passed by congress, britain and france, university of virginia, aaron burr
Customer center
