Siani Bland AP US History Summer Reading Assignment Assignment: Complete the selected readings and submit a written essay. Essay Choice #3 Using Chapters 1&2 of Liberty‚ equality and power‚ compare and contrast the British‚ French‚ and Spanish imperial goals in North America between 1580 and 1763. British Imperial Goals in North America between 1580 and 1763 In 1580 Francis Drake completed his second circumnavigation
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is Hurricane Ike. September 13th near Galveston‚ Texas. Ike was a category 2 hurricane at landfall with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Hurricane Ike produced a damaging‚ destructive and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts‚ and ended up being the third costliest natural disaster in the United States behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. They had structured telephone interviews assessing immediate effects of Hurricane Ike (damage‚ loss‚ displacement)
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How much do you know about tornadoes and hurricanes? This is an essay about hurricanes and tornadoes. In this essay there will be comparison and contrast. Also two key points on hurricanes and tornadoes. And also the destruction that both cause. Tornadoes usually cost 500 dollars in repairs‚ according to source two. In the United States there is a certain area‚ called "tornado Ally." This is where the strongest tornadoes hit the U.S‚ I got that in formation from source two. In the U.S. if a tornado
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Spill Background The British Petroleum Oil Spill incident is the largest in history that raises various issue environmental and ethical issues. On 20th of April 2010‚ an explosion of the drilling rig caused the oil spill close to the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico‚ in which 11 employees were killed. It took around five months for the oil well to exert no further risk and be concealed‚ where many controversies arose throughout the period. BBC‚ 2010. Timeline: BP Oil Spill. BBC. Viewed
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moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on the morning of Monday‚ August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the
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175 mph. After briefly weakening over the Bahamas‚ Andrew regained Category 4 status as it made its way across south Florida on August 24. Andrew continued west into the Gulf of Mexico‚ where it turned north. This brought Andrew to the central Louisiana coast on August 26 as a Category
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The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was of the most powerful natural disasters of the 1900’s in 11 states along the Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana. The flood lasted from the beginning of April‚ through May‚ June and July and finally ended in August. During the flood‚ the river got to be as wide as 80 miles in some places and submerged residential areas in as much as 30 feet of water. The flood affected multiple states and the country in countless ways. Some of the ways it changed the
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visit the devastated area right away.” It was after the disaster when the former President responded to the incident. He raised over $90 million for the Gulf Coast higher education institutions and regional faith-based organization in all states of Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Alabama. Bush’s presidential reputation was ruined‚ people blamed him for failing to provide relief for people in time. Bush’s involvement in the disaster‚ is a prime example‚ why government officials play a key role in responding
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you let lose. Would you consider Mardi Gras to be an cultural icon? * Tyina McKenzie-I really don’t see why Mardi Gras is so big on its culture. * Melvin Davis -don’t know what that is…is that a person is some are sort. * Yeah for Louisiana * Yeah it’s supposed to be * Brianna thruman-Yeah that’s is all I no. * Tuna Bennett- yeah because it’s a big deal. * Debery tayolr-no because not a lot of people know about it. When is mardi gras celebrated? * Katrina-Shrugs
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had to pay almost 8 billion dollars to businesses and families. The spill caused major damage to marine‚ wildlife habitats‚ and to the Gulf’s fishing and tourism industries. Being from Louisiana I seen firsthand the effect the spill had on the gulf coast. Seafood is one of the biggest markets we have in Louisiana and we could not eat‚ buy‚ or sell anything out of the gulf. Skimmer ships‚ floating containment booms‚ anchored barriers‚ sand-filled barricades along shorelines‚ and dispersants were used
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