An Essay About Kentucky

One shade away from being pure hillbilly in character, these wonderful areas symbolize the best in entertainment, artisanship, eateries and educational experiences--while not losing sight of America's rich,

Mississippi is so … poor, racist, and unhealthy. These might be the top answers given if you asked anyone about their thoughts on Mississippi. Mississippi consistently tops the list of the poorest states in the nation. The history on the state of Mississippi past and present is still defined by its racist past. Today Mississippi tops the list of the fattest states. The Mississippi Delta region exhibits all these conditions in the worst degree.

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. The city is also called the Nashville-Davidson city and is known as one of the 15 best cities in the United States for work and family. The area combines southern America charm with a contemporary urban metropolis. It is the centre of an urbanized area that also embraces parts of seven surrounding counties. The city of Nashville features the topography of rolling hills and lush vegetation, while the downtown urban core is a combination of skyscrapers, renovated historic buildings, and is known for its steady economic climate. Major industries of the area range from healthcare based companies and goods production

The Compromise of 1850 brought relative calm to the nation. Though most blacks and abolitionists strongly opposed the Compromise, the majority of Americans embraced it, believing that it offered a final, workable solution to the slavery question. Most importantly, it saved the Union from the terrible split that many had feared. People were all too ready to leave the slavery controversy behind them and move on. But the feeling of relief that spread throughout the country would prove to be the calm before the storm.

During the 1600s when England began colonizing in the New World, different colonies had their own concept of freedom backed by their beliefs and/ or motives for settling in America. Massachusetts and Virginia were settled for very different reasons therefore life in their settlements differed greatly. The political, economic, social and of course physical aspects of the colonies were not at all the same, yet they both resulted in their colonies prospering and successfully settling the land. The settlers of each colony had searched for a place to express two contrasting beliefs of what freedom meant to them. Massachusetts and Virginia are two prime examples of how freedom can mean something

Nestled in the Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg has become an area that East Tennessee State University students go to visit. Gatlinburg offers something for many; however, the city has some growing pains such as traffic and limited space. Thus, the city of Gatlinburg offers many things that a traveler could need and want, provided that he or she is willing to overlook the city’s rapid growth.

In “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis” by Wil Haygood, he AV that obese people don’t want to face their obesity problems, obese people are embarrassed of their body. Obesity is a subject that people try to avoid because it’s an uncomfortable topic to discuss. Haygood meets the Robinson family in a small town called Manchester. The town is filled with numerous fast-food joints where a feeling of “cleaning off your plate” is held in many homes, this attitude illustrates the point that Warner makes about the American Culture. People in Manchester grow up with a culture of cleaning off their plates full of unhealthy food. As Haygood talks with the two Robinson sisters, Britney and Carlin, they reveal their embarrassment

Kentucky’s open grasslands had attracted the type of settler who loved horses because of its great beauty. Also, Kentucky imposed richness of soil minerals, abundance of water, and suitable climate, terrain, and vegetation that attracted these people. People that lived in Kentucky possessed a great love and pride for sporting horses. Their love and passion of horses would shape the Thoroughbred world of today.

From the genesis of our country’s founding, we’ve constantly discovered different ways of governing the nation, the states, and the people. The Kentucky Resolution of 1798, was a response to the mind numbing decision of the federal government to pass the Alien and Sedition Acts. With this set of acts in place, Jefferson felt that it disregarded the Constitution and gave too much power to the federal government. And to that regard, I must say that I fully agree with the Resolutions as they have the cordial intentions to keep the United States a place for the people.

Kentucky became a state in 1792 as the 15th state, also becoming the first U.S. state west of the Appalachian Mountains. Kentucky University’s colors are white and blue. Explorer Daniel Boone was one of Kentucky’s most important explorers and many immigrants followed the trail he traveled through the Cumberland Gap, also known as the Wilderness Road. Although it went with the Confederacy during the Civil War, the population was deeply divided, and many Kentucky residents fought for the North. Mostly known as an agricultural area into the 20th century, Kentucky is also a major U.S. coal producer and site of the U.S. military bases Fort Knox and Fort Campbell. It is also known as the home of the legendary Kentucky Derby horse race and bluegrass

The Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1877, was mainly caused by the diverging society between the North and the South. The North and the South had different goals. There were many factors that led to the war and the chief ones were political and economic differences between the North and the South. The North’s aggression to control the South had led to the point where it was intolerable. The issue on slavery was one of the causes of the Civil War. Slavery and slave trades had become a big part of the South’s economy. The slaves were needed to work on plantations which helped the South prospered. During the 19th Century, the North worked hard on abolishing slavery, which they thought was a disgrace to the Union.

Kentucky was on the home of various Native American peoples before the arrival of Daniel Boone and other European frontiersmen in 1769. Its name perhaps derives from an iroquis word for ¨prairie.” By 1792, when Kentucky was admitted as the 15th state of the union—the first west of the Appalachian Mountains—it had drawn nearly 73,000 settlers. By 1800 this number had grown to roughly 220,000 and included some 40,000 slaves.

In 2009, Kentucky Senate Bill 1 was passed. This bill mandated new academic standards that would be taught in Kentucky schools. These standards called “The Common Core State Standards”, stated what students at each grade level should know and be able to do by the end of the school year. Kentucky was the first state to adopt the new Common Core State Standards. This bill also changed the way each student was assessed starting in the 2011-2012 school year. Students in grades K-8 had to take part in the Kentucky Performance for Educational Progress (K-PREP) assessment (Kentucky Department of Education, 2016).

After being sued by settlers in Kentucky Daniel Boone moved to Point Pleasant in what is now West Virginia. He served as a lieutenant colonel and legislative of his county. After serving in those two positions he moved to Missouri where he settled in Femme Osage valley where he continue to roam and hunt until he died on September 26, 1820. About two decades after his death Daniel Boone's body was exhumed and reburied in

Kansas has many state parks and the popular place is the monument rocks and the castle rocks. The monument rocks and the castle rocks have fossils in ancient chalks in plain western Kansas which is a spectacular landmark. The chalk was deposited during the Cretaceous period of geological history about 80 million years ago, when the central interior was covered by sea. The fossils were like shark teeth, fish bones, even dinosaur bones, and other sea creatures. The fossils in the chalk bed go to the Sternberg Museum in Hays.Michael J. Everhart is a shark hunter and he found a shark skull which was under sand and gravel The chalk was a good material for trapping and preserving