Southern Louisiana Analysis

The Louisiana Purchase was a portion of land west of the mississippi. It was purchased from Napoleon (French) by the U.S. for 15 million dollars in 1803. The U.S. wanted new orleans because then The United States would have a faster route to get to the coastal states. The federalist had legitimate problems with the Purchase and expressed them openly.

Last year while traveling in Italy I was approached by a lovely lady who immediately started asking questions about the United States. When she found out my home was in Louisiana she got really excited. She had relatives in New Orleans but had never been able to go to visit them. We carried on quite a conversation. Telling her about the hot summers, Cajun food, and cool music made me miss my home.

The Louisiana Purchase today, is considered one of the greatest things an acting president has ever done. However, when Jefferson did buy the territory, it was viewed by many of his fellow Republicans as Federalistic, and an act of viewing the Constitution very loosely. Many claimed that he was abandoning his political principles, which he had fought for so strongly in the past. However, amid all the claims of his betrayal of his political principles by buying the territory without consulting congress, it is clear that he didn’t abandon them, because he did it for an agrarian expansion, and because he believed that it was best for Americans. Both of these reasons are two of the main ideals of the Republican

Thomas Jefferson was one of the most influential expansionist in American history. He firmly believed that in order for America’s republic to succeed, democracy must expand its region and obtain new land. The United States began to idolize the Mississippi River as Americans spread west towards the Appalachians. Jefferson had many decisions to make regarding the Louisiana Purchase, and was careful to please citizens. The Louisiana Purchase is crucial to our nation’s history, and it impacts Americans today.

The Louisiana Purchase opened a window of opportunity to the Americans, as the purchase expanded the nation further west. Evidently, the purchase of this land mass created a need for new technology and transportation. Throughout the period of 1800-1853, changes in technology and transportation further developed the Northern and Northwestern states, while the Southern states continued with a similar way of life aided by advancements in technology and transportation. Advances in technology and transportation dictated the opportunities presented to Northern and Northwestern society and settlement, but preserved continuity in Southern labor systems.

The work of Michael Ross in The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era, helps us understand the history of New Orleans and Reconstruction Era in only 10 chapters of the book. “Ever since Reconstruction ended in 1877, many have questioned whether the North’s effort to bring a new social, economic and political order to the old Confederacy had any real chance for success” (6). During this essay we are going to discuss how Michael Ross helps understand more about the history of New Orleans in terms of the Reconstruction Era.

In America’s early years, there have been multiple controversial situations that divided American citizens. Two issues that is related to that is the ratification/approval of the Constitution and the Louisiana Purchase. Even though these two issues were in different historical circumstances, both had people who were in favor of the situation and those who aren’t in favor. An issue in American’s history that caused a division in the American people was the ratification of the Constitution.

In December of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, tearing through the levee systems, and resulting in massive flooding that eventually covered 80% of New Orleans (1), leading to the most significant number of deaths by the storm. As images of Hurricane Katrina were displayed on front pages and television sets across the counry, Katrina became a strategic research site for sociological theory and research of how identity shapes a natural disaster (1). In this essay, I want to explore the fate of New Orleans. How will climate change affect human populations and which human populations will it affect? To do this, I will need to review both scientific and socially scientific papers to understand what the future of New Orleans and southern Louisiana will look like. Though this concept is technically broad for the limitations of this paper, I will review several pieces of literature to begin to gain an understanding of the social and ecological situations at play.

The Louisiana purchase was a purchase that the United States bought from France. The United States bought land from France. The United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France on July 4th of 1803. According to, Monticello.org “The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 was a land deal made between the United States and France. The United States received 827,000 square miles of land in the west of the Mississippi River for 15 million dollars” (Monticello.org). Also, the same year the United States purchased Louisiana territory from France the President Thomas Jefferson sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with other recruits to explore the Louisiana territory. Lewis and Clark also had a very long journey because their journey lasted for

The First Congressional District of Louisiana is comprised of eight parishes which includes Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Tammany, and some parts of Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Tangipahoa, and Terrebonne. Some of these parishes are located north of Lake Pontchartrain and southeast of it also. The two sections, north of Lake Pontchartrain and south, are connected by the world’s longest bridge, Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, which is 23 miles long. This district also covers 4,032.32 square miles of Louisiana and as of the 2010 Census had a population of 755,455 people.

Louisiana is one of the American states which have a rich diversity of people. Some of them include the original Indian inhabitants, the Spanish, French, Africans, Italians, German, Africans, West Indians, and the British among others. When compared to other states, Louisiana has the most colorful past. Since, the beginning of 1541, the state had been governed by ten different flags. Purchase negotiations between the United States and French started in April 1803 in Paris for a treaty that would see the province of Louisiana become a territory of America (Sacher 4). At that time Louisiana had not been explored, mapped or surveyed by the United States or any European nation, making it hard to define its boundaries (HNOC 4). A deal was eventually

I find interesting it how foreign influences of the English, French, Spanish and Africans contributed to the diverse and fascinating art and architecture of this country. These collective ideas through art make us aware of the intercultural relationship of the colonists and their foreign rulers during the colonial years.

John Kenneth Galbraith once said “Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.” While in many ways this is an accurate statement within the political realm of the United States there are many times that politics is greatly affected by the memories of the past. This is especially true of the Southern United States. The South has its own perspective and history that impacts the political environment and unities the region unlike anywhere else in the United States. However, as united as the South has been on the national level there are vast differences to be found on the state level. This paper will offer an overview of one of the Southern States politics in particular, that of Louisiana. Rather it is European

Zack Kopplin in his article “Should We Abandon Louisiana?”, brings up many interesting points varying from what the media deems worthy of attention to climate change. His opinions on the media are very cynical in that the media only covers news that is “enough of a selling point” (Kopplin 8). In other words, if the news won’t bring in enough money to pay for itself don’t cover it. He is annoyed with the media for not covering the tragedies taking place in Louisiana and later states that “we’ve already been hit with so many disasters… people are tired of hearing about us” (Kopplin 16) to reinforce his point. Kopplin provides a very strong case against the lack of media coverage on the Louisiana floods and I agree that the news should cover stories

In the few weeks that I have been here, I haven’t met anybody who didn’t wish me a “Good morning” or “How you doing” or at least give me a warm smile; I have noticed that smile is free here. Louisiana has a rich history that can be traced from French plantations to Spanish colonization. Within walking distance I can go taste the crawfish, get myself a gumbo, savor beignets and if I crave meat, there’s a Popeye’s on every corner of the street. On the anniversary of Katrina, President Barack Obama remarked “That’s the story of New Orleans- but that is also the story of America- a city that, for almost 300 years, has been the gateway to America’s soul. Where the jazz makes you cry, the funerals make you dance, the bayou makes you believe in all kinds of things. A place that has always bought together people of all races and religions and languages. And everybody ass their flavor into this city’s gumbo” (Obama). He couldn’t be more correct and that is why I want to stay here. I want to stay here and I want to walk through the same street that Vampire Lestat walked, in Anne Rice’s imaginary world, and gaze at the Pontchartrain swamps where he was dumped, all that, while holding a beignet in my hand and trying to figure out all possible ways he could have escaped the