Bleeding Kansas

On Monday, August 29, 2016, at 2300 hours, Deputies were dispatched to 119th street, just east of the Kansas Star Casino near Mulvane, Sumner County, Kansas. Upon arrival 911 Dispatched advised reporting party, Shawn M. Moffitt (DOB: 10-21-1992) was out with a white female wearing black leggings and a black T-shirt. Shawn also advised this female was bleeding from the face, as if she had been in a physical altercation. Deputy Carmichael, who was riding with me, Deputy Waldschmidt, located the…

after the revolution ended the South sought assurances that their system would be left untouched for the sake of unity among the newly independent states. Over the next several decades, unstable compromises gave way to regional conflicts, such as Bleeding Kansas. Where compromise and good faith was possible on all matters ranging from centralized banking to interstate commerce, the issue of slavery was met with division and fragile arrangements. One side meant to contain its spread, while the…

In the historical backdrop of the United States, African Americans have constantly been discriminated. When Africans first came to America, they had no choice but to work as laborers. They became slaves to the rich, covetous, lethargic Americans. African-Americans were working as slaves but they could not support their families because they were not paid. Additionally, they were regularly whipped and beaten. They suffered numerous times to get their freedoms, yet when the Civil War came African…

“Nell published a pamphlet entitled The Services of Colored Americans in the Wars of 1776 and 1812.” The source explains that Bell’s book “reached the public in 1855 just as the newspapers were reporting fearsome violence over abolitionism in ‘Bleeding Kansas,’” and that “not until 1922 did Carter G. Woodson… dare to include a paragraph in The Negro in Our History about the thousands of... slaves who had fled to the British during the war.” The source also explains the treatment of black history…

The Articles Gone Un-Replaced What if the USA had not replaced the Articles of Confederation? SUMMARY: Created November 15th 1777 and ratified on March 1st 1781, the Articles of Confederation served as the United States first “real” constitution. This document stated that “the states remained sovereign and independent, with Congress serving as the last resort on appeal of disputes” along with making treaties, coining money and managing the military (“History”). Another issue presented with…

“A house divided against itself cannot stand -- I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” Abraham Lincoln A nation that was supposed to be together as 5 fingers of a hand and be united like a fist, was considering their own countrymen inferior and lower than themselves, 4 not 5. The northern and southern parts of the United States of America were divided across different lines. The northern part, the Union, adapted industrialization quickly while the…

Adversity is a normality. Neither looked down upon, nor viewed as a worthy experience. It is commonly found, flourishing in our lives, whether in our roots, or in our branches, birthed with us, or haphazardly appearing throughout our lives. It strains the human mind and soul, yet is not treated like so. Physical and mental tolls are taken, but a cry for help is desperate, and often, one finds themselves neglecting or overlooking another’s adversity. Yet, we, as a society, still expect epiphanies…

1. To what extent was slavery a “cause” of the Civil War? The practice of slavery was a major cause in starting the Civil War for both economic and social reasons. This was because the south was seceding from the Union to protect the Southern way of life and economic practices, in which slavery was the core of both. The South seceded from the Union to protect their way of life. The people of the South believed that their way of life was being threatened because of the initial outcome of the…

Liver failure, caused by things such as hepatitis and cirrhosis, leads to an array of symptoms including cardiorespiratory insufficiency (hepatopulmonary syndrome; HPS) and renal failure (hepatorenal syndrome; HRS). Disregarding the cause of liver failure itself, discuss the development of both of these symptoms. Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Figure 1: Blood Flow in Normal Conditions and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (Grace & Angus, 2013). Figure 1 (above) shows the blood flow in a normal patient (top),…

Paragraph 1: Naming For the Flowering Dogwood, the Latin name is “Cornus florida”. “Cornus” derives from the word “cornu”, which today translates into a “horn”. Cornus refers to the hard wood the tree has. While “florida” stems from the Latin word “flos”, which is understood as “flower” or “flowery”. The common name for Cornus florida is Flowering Dogwood. “Flowering” comes from showy spring flowers the tree displays, while “dogwood” was most likely named after it was believed that early…