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The Battle of King's Mountain was a battle between Patriot forces and Loyalist forces in South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War, resulting in a victory for the Patriots. The Patriots were Americans rebelling against the British Empire and the Loyalists were Americans who remained loyal to the British Empire. The battle took place on October 7, 1780; nine miles south of the present-day town of King’s Mountain in rural Cherokee County, North Carolina. Ferguson had arrived in North…

Abstract Drought causes hydraulic failure in trees. Hydraulic failure is one of the main cause of mortality that trees succumb to. Tree die off due to drought conditions has been high in the last two decades. Hydraulic Failure goes hand and hand with two other concepts: carbon starvation and cavitation, which also cause tree mortality. These concepts occur when a tree is not able to transport enough water from the soil to support itself. Some species of trees are more susceptible to hydraulic…

Unit 4 Honors Extension The podcast shed a lot of light on the power of art and the lasting effects of false interpretation on the world. When Ronald McDowell was asked to build a statue in honor of the famous foot soldiers in Birmingham, he chose to change specific things on purpose to enhance the message of the photograph. He took artistic license and changed the appearance of Walter Gadsden to look more african instead of light skinned and to make him lean back instead of forward. He also…

Money. Money makes the world go around. The more money an individual has the wealthier the person is considered. Andrew Carnegie in the article “Wealth” believes that the rich are superior to the poor, but also believes that the rich need to help the poor through charity. Carnegie compares the rich and poor as a relationship that is harmonious. An example of a harmonious relationship is a brotherhood. In a brotherhood, the big brother takes care of the little brother. In this case the big…

document, Crusade for Justice, Autobiography, by Ida B. Wells, is a personal account, in which Wells recalls how her involvement in African American activism began. Specifically, it began when she heard an account of the lynchings of Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Henry Stewart, who owned a grocery store that directly competed with a grocery store that was owned by a white man. Until this time, Wells had taken many reasons for lynchings at face value. Most commonly, these lynchings involved…

is responsible for more than $3.5 billion annually in the gross state product. The West Virginia Coal Industry provides about 30,000 direct jobs in WV, including miners, mine contractors, coal preparation plant employees and mine supply companies. McDowell County has produced more coal than any other county and has the second highest unemployment rate in West Virginia. The locations where coal-mining is a major industry is the same areas where the unemployment rates are the highest. It really is…

The article, “Who Belongs in the Zoo?” (Written in 2006) by Michael D. Lemonick, Jeanne McDowell, and David Bjerklie, appears in Time Magazine. The article details animal behavior expert’s opinions on the impossibility for zoos to meet the basic needs of elephants and certain other animals they contain. It highlights famous zoos across the United States and what their enclosures are like for elephants, bears, gazelles, big cats, and giraffes. The purpose of this article is to bring awareness…

Jefferson Davis was a U.S senator and ran for governor in Mississippi. The president at the time was President Buchanan , who said that secession in America was illegal , he didn’t enforce to stop the secession because he knew that soon enough he wasn’t going to be in office , he felt that if he tried to force prevention on it , that it would be to much on him he would rather leave it for the next president up , which is President Abraham Lincoln who was elected in the 1860’s. Lincoln came into…

The Renovation of a Damaged People: Mexico’s Post-Revolution Cultural Recovery Throughout history, music, art, and literature have held key roles in dealing with and responding to current political events. This type of culture has been used for good and evil - spreading truth that inspires the masses to make a change, or propaganda in order for a government to cultivate certain ideas within its citizens. By looking at the content of artistic expression during any given time and in any given…

Worldview What is a worldview? A worldview is a system of beliefs and ideas or theories that a person has as they evaluate the world around them. It is a system that opens up a wide range of questions: What is my purpose in life? What are my goals for my life? Am I raising my children to have Faith in God? One person’s belief or theory may be different from another because many factors influence a person’s worldview – cultural background, life experiences, the values and attitudes they were…