The Mississippi River system was the highway of the western part of the Confederate and United States. At the beginning of the war‚ the South controlled the Mississippi from the meeting of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at Cairo‚ Illinois to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. There were several important rebel strongholds along the Mississippi‚ including Memphis‚ Island Number Ten‚ on the Tennessee-Kentucky border‚ and Vicksburg‚ Mississippi. The Union realized that controlling the Mississippi River was essential
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The autobiography entitled Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody (born Essie Mae) is the story of her life as a poor African American girl coming of age in segregated Mississippi. She grew up in Wilkerson County‚ a rural county overflowing with poverty and racism. Both of her parents spent time working on plantations until her father left the family for another woman. Her mother then obtains a job working as a maid for several white families‚ in order to support her family. Throughout her childhood
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“The Coming of Age in Mississippi” has covered many stereotypes of how black women are perceived. For Anne Moody‚ her identity as an African American female weakened her individuality‚ in addition too her diligence; Anne Moody’s perseverance resulted in her powerful transformation of abandoning the rules of how African American women present themselves. From the past to the present‚ African American women had a hard time proving their identity to the cultural norms people established in their community
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My family takes a trip to the same place about every two summers. The ride isn’t always fun to get there because it is 2 and a half hours away. The trip is in Philadelphia Mississippi‚ where we go to Geyser Falls water park. It is always hot‚ a cool breeze‚ water slides‚ pools‚ birds‚ food‚ and many people. My family really enjoy going to the water park during the summer. We usually take about 3 days of vacation. When you arrive at Geyser Falls parking lot it is always full and is hard to look
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In Tina Ferraro’s Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress‚ Nicolette Antonovich gets dumped by the hottest guy at her school two days before her sophomore prom. As a result‚ she ended up with a brand new pink‚ vintage dress. Now that Nicolette is a junior‚ she has put that horrific night behind her for good. Currently‚ Nicolette is completely overwhelmed by a swarm of new problems. The first problem is that the bank is about to sell the house that she grew up in. Nic is not ready to let go of
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[pic] Mississippi depicting sediments due to erosion The finest beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are located on Ship Island and are being eroded however; erosion is the thing that initially created the beaches. There were no beaches when oceans first covered the surface of the earth millions of years ago‚ only rocky shores. Over millions of years these solid stones were broken down into rocks by erosion‚ then were broken down into pebbles‚ and then into gravel‚ and then into sand. Rivers
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An account of a voyage and of an arrival of four Mississippi Savages to France was translated by Mercure de France. This account‚ written by Ellis and Steen is significant because of the profound circumstances in which France and the rest of Europe were in during this time period. France’s strategy towards the Natives in North America‚ were much different from the strategies Spain and the English were employing. The French wanted to bring these Natives to their land to amaze them with beauty and
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The memoir‚ Mississippi Solo‚ written by Eddy Harris reveals many things about his character. From what I read from the text I can tell Eddy appreciates life. On page 137 lines 1-2 It states‚ “Too many marvelous days in a row and you begin to get used to it‚ to think that’s the way it’s supposed to be”‚ “ Too many good days‚ too many bad days- you need some break of monotony of one to appreciate the other.” For this reason‚ this quote signifies that Eddy appreciates the good and bad things in life
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Its 1927‚ the great flood of Mississippi has been the worst natural disaster. More than 23‚000 square miles of land has been destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood
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In the movie "The ghost of Mississippi" are multiple examples of why it illustrates our key concepts of unit 1. Firstly the movie went down in an era when there was extreme discrimination against any "coloured" poeple therefore creating a "black vs. whites" main plot which we studied in class. Throught out the movie you can also see that the actions of one man can change or make a dent in an important issue‚ similar to the individuals we studied in class. Aristotle said a long time ago‚ "Law is
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