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    Josephine baker was born on June 3,1906 in St.Louis, missouri and died April 12,1975. Josephine was a spy in world war II which was very helpful to france. Josephine was a dancer, singer and a spy. In the 1950s and 60s she was fighting segregation and racism in the united states but still focused on her career. After her career with dancing was going well she adopted 12 children called the rainbow tribe. Today i am going to take you through a journey of josephine’s life and accomplishment.…

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    How are the events from 1820-1861 a consequence of the Missouri Compromise? Missouri requested to join the Union in 1819 as a slave state. The Missouri Compromise was a federal statute developed by Henry Clay. Leading up to the Compromise in 1820 a lot of friction was forming between pro-slavery and anti- slavery states. Congress trying to defuse the issue allowed Missouri become part of the Union as a slave state. However, it also placed a line between the north states and the south states…

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    On September 22, 1805, the explorers finally emerged from the mountains near present-day Weippe, Idaho, exhausted and nearly starving. They met the Nez Perce Indians and got dried fish and roots from them. Lewis and Clark set up camp on the banks of the Clearwater River, a branch of the Snake River, which was a branch of the Columbia River. On October 7, they left camp and started down the Clearwater River in their five newly hollowed dugouts they had made. They reached the Snake River on…

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    The Missouri University of Science and Technology is a diverse school full of exceptional students. These students are all uniquely gifted with their own set of skills, and the potential these students possess is truly limitless. The school will often have guest speakers come to give lectures that are both educational and inspirational. The students are always open for learning, and being college students they need as much motivation as they can get. The university has had many famous and…

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    The Missouri compromise did little to slow down the growth of slavery, it mainly attempted to make sure Southern power did not grow faster than Northern power. The Compromise of 1850 went a little further, Northern supporters of this compromise at least attempted…

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    The Missouri Compromise was proposed by James Monroe to allow the state of Missouri to join the Union as a slave state; however, the "compromise" was that an imaginary line would be drawn at 36" 30', and all states north of that line (except Missouri) would be Free states. As slavery was beginning to consume the nation, Nat Turner led the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history. William Lloyd Garrison, in an attempt to stamp out slavery, published his antislavery newspaper The Liberator;…

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    United States history from 1800 to 1859 was demonstrating national greatness and national unity. Yet, by 1860 North and South were so polarized that the lower South seceded immediately upon Lincoln’s election. Historians argue that divisions or sectionalism between the free and slave states led to the civil war. However, there is evidence that divisions were not limited to just the North and South, but divisions within and between political parties, and differing memories Americans felt long…

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    Missouri Bill of Sale Form 1957 or the Missouri Bill of Sale is a legal instrument provided by the Missouri Department of Revenue. Moreover, this form is also known as Missouri Even-Trade Bill of Sale. Likewise, a seller of a motor vehicle, boat, trailer, or outboard motor can use this form 1957 to record various aspects of the transaction. In addition, a seller can use this form to record a sale against trade or cash. Notary attestation for signatures on the form is mandatory. Further, a seller…

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    Have you ever woke up and wondered what you should do in your life to make yourself and your family happy. My family wasn't happy about having to live in missouri at the time. One Morning my wife jessica had the idea that we should go to oregon to have a fresh start to to escape from all the problems in missouri. When my 16 year old daughter patty and my 18 year old son James woke up that morning we talked about moving up west. To my surprise they both really wanted to move to oregon and…

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    The Mandan Indians

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    The Mandan Indians faced many challenges in their lives, from the environment and climate to pests and other human beings. Many of the introductions into their world had both positive and negative effects. How were they able to survive and what drove them on a daily basis? The Mandans were like other tribes of their time in that they searched for a place to live that provided the resources necessary to maintain their life. They also made sure the place could be protected from attacking or…

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