"The Warmth of Other Suns," by Isabella Wilkerson tells the story of the movement of over six million African American men and women from the southern states to northern states during the era known as the Great Migration. ... Foster did not want to be stuck in the South delivering Sharecroppers babies, so he left Louisiana and headed to California, where he gained prosperity and eventually became one of Los Angeles' finest surgeons. ... Robert Foster, however had a different experience as he gained success in his life as a surgeon in California. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Delaware is the smallest and the most southern state in the area. ... The Southwest region consist of eight states: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California. ... California is the wealthiest state in the country. ... The two biggest flaws of California are earthquakes and droughts. ... San Francisco, California's third largest city, is known for its hippie movement in the 1960s and the famous gay street – Castro Street. ...

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He works as a Professor of American History at the University of California. ... Stampp taught at the Universities of Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Maryland before he settled down at the University of California in 1946. ... These issues were rebuilding the south, readmitting the southern states to the Union, and racial equality. ... Let me give you a example of this: The Union wanted equal rights for African Americans, but a lot of the southern states passed Black Codes. ... I believe this theory to put the black man up higher to hurt the southern white man had no regards for the black man. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Instead Polk made Slidell permanent minister and instructed him to open negotiations for the sale of California. ... Polk was very anxious to purchase California from Mexico and he knew that Mexico would refuse to give it up. ... When Lincoln was elected, Southern states were convinced that he would abolish slavery. ... Polk wanted both California and Mexico and he did, but the war dragged on too long with many lives lost and more money than he wanted to use. ...

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The northern factories were ready to accept as much raw cotton as the southern growers could ship them. ... In 1790 there were about 657,000 slaves in the Southern states. ... Thanks in large part to the cotton gin, cotton growing became very profitable, and cotton quickly became the most important crop across much of the southern United States. ... By 1800 or so, however, African American slavery was once again a thriving institution, especially in the Southern United States. ... This machine allowed Southern planters to grow a variety of cotton short staple cotton--that was especially well ...

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Many states have there own hate crime laws, like Alabama and the majority of the southern states. Colorado and states like California also have hate crime laws to help protect those of different races, disabilities, and of sexual orientation. ...

• Word Count: 1551
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School