Mississippi River

and oppression. Throughout this poem, Hughes uses rivers to paint a symbolic image…

The Louisiana Purchase was a worthwhile purchase for America because of the new resources it brought, it doubled the size of the country, strengthened the relationship with the Native Americans, and gave America control of both sides of the Mississippi River. When Meriwether Lewis and William Clark went on their expedition of the territory, they reported an abundance of lakes and live animals that could support a large number…

In the short story Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain it shows his experiences and his surroundings on the Mississippi river. His perspective changes while traveling the river. He sees the river as a passenger, but he also sees it as a pilot, because the pilot sees beauty and the danger in the the river. Twain shows his experience and change in viewpoint from seeing the beauty, to seeing the danger while traveling on the Mississippi river. In the beginning he beginning of the passage he…

According to John D. Higby, Jr., P.E., in the article, “Possible Capture of the Mississippi by the Atchafalaya River,” believes that this diversion is one of the biggest engineering problems ever encountered. In his article he is talking about the Mississippi River trying to divert and how humans are trying to stop it. He also believes that congress and the president should give approval for professionals to study these rivers to figure out more of what is going on and what may happen in the…

Dear editor, I think that the United States ,Thomas Jefferson, and Congress should buy the Louisiana territory because not only would we get New Orleans and we would get the Louisiana territory which has the Mississippi River. First of all if we buy the Louisiana Territory we would have way more land. It says that there is over half of the U.S. in this purchase. Why would Thomas Jefferson not buy it, who cares if it's not constitutional! I Shirley wouldn't. We would over double the size of…

“The Negro Speaks of Rivers” written by Langston Hughes is a poem filled with historical significance in African heritage. Hughes narrates the poem linking those of African descent to ancient rivers. The poem holds significant examples of African heritage by the use of mentioning different rivers the Euphrates, Congo, Nile, and Mississippi River and Abraham Lincoln are all used in context to Africans journey to America, slavery, and all the stepping stones along the way. Hughes wrote “The Negro…

The constant themes seen in “Battle Royal”, The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and The Mississippi River Empties into the Gulf are using blood as a metaphorical aspect and talking about people of the past. The story, “Battle Royal”, gives meticulous explanations of blood and the ancestors of the speaker. During a scene the speaker states that while executing his speech he had to continuously swallow his blood down. The blood represented his pride and voice that he had to keep controlled so as to not…

around the Mississippi River. During the early 19th century, with the introduction of larger, high-pressure engines and more streamlined hulls, the steamboats extended their range as general economic forces created and continued to drive it. People around Mississippi started to have many river trades, farms phosphorus pollution by soil animals, cities built on single crops, and people farmed crops, wheat, and cotton. Gambling also became very popular between the workers who work in the river.…

The Confederates fort at Vicksburg, Mississippi, was essential to the South, as it served as a key vantage point to them over the North. However, if the Union could besiege this fort, the North would have control over the lower Mississippi River, which would split the Confederacy into two, cutting off their connection to Virginia. With such an extreme advantage being given to the prevailing side, and the other a great defeat, is what makes the Battle of Vicksburg the true turning point of the…

The Confederate’s fort at Vicksburg, Mississippi, was essential to the South, as it served as a key vantage point for them over the North. However, if the Union besieged this fort, the North would have control over the lower Mississippi River, which would split the South in half, cutting off the western half of the Confederacy from Virginia. With such an extreme advantage being given to the prevailing side, and the other a great defeat, the Battle of Vicksburg marks the true turning point of the…