Hampden, Maine

However, to balance out the political power, Maine, who had wanted to be its own state for some time now, would be added as a free state. The second part of the compromise was that an imaginary line would be drawn along the southern border of Missouri. This imaginary line would become the dividing

trepidation of the prison. The music was a gradual and subdued rhythm that accentuated the murky and dismal prison. Inside the prison, the inmates are prohibited to listen to music. Andy takes an album out of the crate that he received from the state of Maine and proceeded to play it over the loudspeaker for all to hear. He takes this chance of insubordination to the Warden, so his friends can be allude to peace in the prison. The song that he plays is

Effects of Missouri Compromise The Missouri Compromise was a temporary solution to the issue of slavery and territorial rights such as the movement West. Two areas of land wanted to become states in 1820, known as Maine and Missouri. Maine wanted to enter as a free state with no slavery as everyone in that area was against it and wanted it abolished. Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state and was all for slavery and wanted it to be spread all throughout the country. The compromise everyone came

community had to offer, but an increasingly hostile environment has left them feeling unwelcome. Maine is coping with a rapidly dwindling population, meaning that the state will be unable to sustain it’s workforce as young people leave the state for opportunities elsewhere (Gibney). But here is where refugees could be saviors, as statistics show that Somali’s are eager to get jobs and enter the workforce in Maine. Evidently, the Somali community has a higher graduation rate then native students, with the

“What greater bliss than to look back on days spent in usefulness, in doing good to those around us”(Dorothea Dix Quotes). The same person that said this famous quote started the evolution to a better path for the imprisoned and the mentally ill in the 1800’s. Dorothea Lynde Dix, a famous Civil War nurse made a difference in this world by traveling around the world to give back and help the ill and imprisoned. She gave them better lives as well as taking a stand for women to be able to help the wounded

My state is Maine, also known as The White Pinecone. This is because; the state flower is The White Pinecone. Maine is known for beautiful lands and waters. Maine has many great trees. Such as the maple, birch, spruce, and pine. 80 percent of Maine is forests. Over the centuries, new waves of Migrants moved into Maine. In the year of 1607, the colonist we are handed one of the worst winters Maine could give. The people were cold. The people were very hungry. Then the Indians attacked. They

Sometimes second place is enough. Conrad Patterson, owner of 318 Sweet Shop, took a second place win as just the confidence booster he needed to pursue his passion. For as long as Patterson could remember, his mother, Linda Faye Stephenson and “Uncle Larry” Wallace, have baked and cooked in professional and home settings. He would watch them bake and cook and at times would bake with them. Following in his family’s direction, Patterson attended Northwest Louisiana Technical College (NWLTC) where

Abraham Lincoln once stated “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” In Lincoln’s statement a key term is power, which means the ability or right to control people or things. Another important term in Lincoln’s statement is adversity, which means a difficult situation or condition. Taken as a whole, Lincoln means that all men can handle a difficult period by themselves easily, but when someone has power and battles a situation it makes a person

War. In 1820 Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state. Since it would ruin the balance between Slave states and Free states in the Senate, Henry Clay came up with the Missouri compromise. What it did was make Missouri a Slave state and Maine a free state. “This law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line.”(Bibliography source #2) It also allowed the owners to recapture runaway slaves that fled to the North, like wanted posters describing them and

requiring MDOT to comply with town ordinances By Charlotte Boynton The Wiscasset Board of Selectmen voted in a 3-2 vote to authorize the town manager to retain legal counsel who will file a petition to the Maine Superior Court on behalf of the town Tuesday, Nov. 7. The petition will require the Maine Department of Transportation to comply with all applicable town ordinances before beginning work on any demolition or construction relating to the department’s traffic project, including the demolition of