Life on the Mississippi

society due to the ups and downs of our presidents. That being said one of the most memorable presidents was the seventh of the United States, Andrew Jackson. He came in to office in March of 1829 and stayed for two terms. He went through a lot in his life and even more in his presidency. Jackson was the only President to be in the Revolutionary war as well as the War of 1812, what an accomplishment! Though, as great of a president as he was there were things that he decided on that took many…

brought forth many challenges including spring storms that flooded the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Throughout the journey out to the Pacific and back to St. Louis, Missouri, the threat of Native American confrontation persisted. Along the way, both Lewis and Clark encountered frequent dangers and life threatening obstacles. At the beginning of their expedition west, Lewis and Clark were met with torrent rapids on the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers. Along with the flooding of the…

volunteers. Later that year, President Lincoln appointed Grant a brigadier general. Grant was victorious when his troops captured Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Grant later captured Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was a vital stronghold for the confederate army because they needed access to the Mississippi River for necessary supplies. Subsequently, he was appointed Lieutenant General by President Lincoln, and was now in command of all Union…

How you ever wondered where did your ancestors come from. Well I can tell you I have at one point. But right now I will at least give you from where I am from and my parent were are they from. Well let's start with me I was born in Mississippi and my parents are from Mexico so that make me mexican american. Well my dad is from Tabasco and where do you find Tabasco well is in the south of Mexico and well is a tropical state in Mexico it is all ways humid and it rains a lot. Well and my mom is…

The solo artists were coming from the Mississippi Delta. Charlie Patton was a blues musician who was considered to be the “Father of the Delta Blues.” He was discovered by H.C. Spiers, who was a talent scout who owned a record store in Mississippi. Many famous artists were discovered by H.C. Spiers in the Mississippi Delta. The actual reason for blues music was the segregation and discrimination that still existed in the United…

setting us up with choices to succeed or fail. With every choice, fate controls us. An example of fate would be myself and my family moving to Bismarck. I didn’t understand why we would go to the frozen tundra called North Dakota from our home in Mississippi, but after 4 years, it seems like fate to be here with the better chance to succeed in school, work, and family. We were given the opportunities such as my dad taking a better job, my mom going back to college, myself, and the other…

Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of the four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River. The operation began in 1954 costing 32 million to construct. I am originally from Greenville, MS. Where my older sister and I spent our childhood. Grenada Lake was a place where we…

soil.” (http://www.history.com) The following report will examine the causes and costs of this war, both economically and in terms of human life. There was many things that had started the Civil War, but the most important thing was slavery. The South had formed a slavery group called The Confederate States of America, which included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. There was fear that their economy in the south would be gone if slavery went away.…

As the United States grew in both population and territory in the early- to mid-1800s, it became clear that the Americans were determined to cover as much ground as possible, spreading their new democratic way of life to new lands. While Manifest Destiny is characterized, at its core, as the spread of the liberty and self-governance the Americans fought for, it had more convoluted desires than is traditionally recounted. Americans of all walks fueled the movement towards western expansion, but…

shows that in everyday life people have to choose what to do and what not to do. People have to make a choice between different influences, and choose what is the “right thing”, or “wrong thing” to do. I have seen myself all of my life having to make this choice between living or trying to be the “best Christian” possible, or going out getting drunk, trying new drugs like the majority of people. 4 Eva N a Day was written by BIG K.R.I.T. a rapper out of Meridian, Mississippi. K.R.I.T. meaning,…