Lewis and Clark Expedition

The West becoming a part of the U.S. was definitely unavoidable. Much of the West was acquired through the purchasing of Louisiana. There is always more land out there to explore which in turn leads to more settlement and a larger U.S. The Lewis and Clark expedition is a prime example, Jefferson wanted them to see what life was like in the newly land that was attained. Making maps of the land and learn the ways of the settlers in the area. At the same time, the voyagers were, “solidifying…

Let's start at the beginning. Explorers from Spain had been at the mouth of the Mississippi, but never claimed the land. 150 years later in 1682, some French explorers led by Rene’ Robert Cavalier, Sieur de la salle placed a cross at the river's mouth to claim the land. They named it Louisiana.The Louisiana territory was named after the French King Louis XIV. Louis XIV considered Louisiana “useless”, he only wanted the land so that one of his powerful enemies, Britain, could not settle…

The social, cultural, and political differences between the four major regions of British colonial North America on the eve of the American Revolution occurred thanks to the Enlightenment. The Enlightenment unearthed new ideas which were used as a new set of guidelines to help people live their lives. The Enlightenment helped birth more interests in education as well as a more in depth understanding of the government and politics. Almanacs were created and they became a large part of the social…

A strong national government was not an ideal outcome for most Americans in the early ninetieth century. In fact, a lot of people were scared that they would have a strong national government because they just fought for freedom from that type of government. Many guidelines were put into place to limit the power of the national government by the constitution, but that did not stop the national government from expanding its power very rapidly almost immediately after being formed. The national…

Ever since the age of sputnik and the race to the moon, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has been propelling humanity forward through innovations in technology and providing a brighter future for America. However, recent years have seen cuts to the overall budget of NASA and more budget proposals are seen every year. Our country cannot afford to let NASA fade into irrelevance and be left to romanticize about what could have been. Instead, we should increase NASA’s budget…

1) Introduction a) Federalists versus the anti-Federalists where Hamilton supports a central gov’t and Jefferson supports the state’s and people’s rights 2) Federalist and Republican Mudslingers a) The Federalists were mad at John Adams for not allowing them to declare war against France, but they ran up the debt with the war preparations, which established new taxes i) The Federalists already had many enemies due to the Sedition & Alien Act b) Federalists fought back against Jefferson by…

After the Civil War a lot southerners wanted to go back to the plantation life that the region had been characterized by before the war but a few prominent leaders believed that the South should move onto a “new society of small farms, thriving industries, and bustling cities” (Tindall 560). Unfortunately, many farmers could not afford wages and a system of sharecropping was developed where the farmer paid no wages, the worker paid no rent and the two shared the crop they mutually produced.…

in the White House. 1803 Louisiana Purchase was made. Tsar Paul I is assassinated. The Cumberland Road was made to improve western transportation. Johnny Appleseed start teaching pioneers how to plant apple trees. In 1800 Lewis and William Clark expedition began in 1804. Robert E. Lee attends the first West Point Academy with Ulysses S. Grant. Charles Willson Peale establishes the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. The Clermont begins its trip from Albany to New York City. 1809…

Neither Dale Carnegie nor the publishers, Simon and Schuster, anticipated more than this modest sale. To their amazement, the book became an overnight sensation, and edition after edition rolled off the presses to keep up with the increasing public demand. Now to Win Friends and InfEuence People took its place in publishing history as one of the all-time international best-sellers. It touched a nerve and filled a human need that was more than a faddish phenomenon of post-Depression days, as…