The Mississippi Migration

In this paper I will inform you with a few of these events and topics such as the Civil war, slavery, as well as facts of the state. I hope my readers walk away with a new respect and outlook of Mississippi and learn how the past can affect the future, as well as the beauty.

Mississippi has a very rich history, and its history has made it the glorious state it is today.

The Americans expanded to the west in order to get access to the Mississippi river, They also wanted to expand businesses and give everyone a chance to make money but because of the expansion a lot of native Americans who used to lived to west suffered, they were forced to move to an area that we now know as Oklahoma in the current day. These two are alike due to the suffering the Native Americans went through in all of the things the Americans were doing.

In his powerful memoir, Mississippi, Anthony Walton explores race relations in Mississippi in a historical context in an attempt to teach readers about Mississippi’s dark and muddled past. In the third section of the memoir, entitled “Rebels”, Walton focuses on the history of Mississippi through the lens of famous and not so famous changemakers who shaped Mississippi as it is today. Walton purposefully tells this story in chronological order, so that the reader can see the evolution of the Mississippi rebel; beginning with union and confederate troops, and ending with civil rights leaders and white supremacy groups. Walton’s purpose of creating such structure becomes abundantly clear at the end of the section, where he juxtaposes the success of the civil rights movement with that of the white supremacy movement in Mississippi. Walton argues that the ability of a cause to inspire fear ensures its continued survival.

. Although racial discrimination has occurred all over Mississippi, throughout time extreme measures against blacks occurred early on in the delta. Within the delta, Sunflower country was an area of extreme discrimination and outright hate. White men and even women in Sunflower county and the surrounding areas always made a point to let African Americans know they were not welcome, but starting in the 1950s continuing into the 60s and 80s white community member used education as well as economic pressure to show African American they were not welcome.

Between 1829 and 1844 Americans developed four different territories. They were Texas, Oregon, Utah, and California. They were all developed for different reasons. And long after the territory was settled each kept the imprint from the original conquest. Before these territories were developed the majority of the Americans that lived west of the Mississippi river were a rugged group of explorers called mountain men. They roamed through the mountains trails made by the Indians and often worked as trappers for the companies that sold fur. But exploration was their main occupation. All of these mountain men married Native American women and worked for the US Army as scouts (Schultz, 2013).

While people are on this journey moving the territories they had risked their lives and family to get into the annexation of the country. The west side of the citizen's perspective will provide them money, status, and many opportunities in that will make their life easier. At this time there was no transportation way to make this long journey. During this period, Polk was the president of the United States.

Why some groups opposed Mississippi’s secession was that those people didn’t believe that it was right to keep slaves, no one really minded it till after the American Civil War when people started to realize that it was wrong to have slaves and that they should let them go and live a equals,but Mississippi and a few other states didn’t like this idea. So they decided to try and become their own free country.

In 1845 North-America started moving west, it appropriated Texas, New Mexico, California, Oregon, and Arizona Between 1845 and 1848, and Alaska in 1867 (Burnsted, 193-95). Americans had a dream of creating a democratic utopia in the west and thanks to technology that improved travel conditions such as roads, railroads, and steamboats the expansion to the west was possible. These methods of transportation and the telegraph helped people exchange economic growth and move further away from watery locations, but it was the establishment of railroads that

The Old West was settled in many different ways. People from all different backgrounds came in hopes of striking gold, finding rich soil to farm on and for a fresh start. While many found what they were looking for, some weren’t so lucky. However, these factors shaped the West as we know it

The years 800-1600 A.D. is referred to as the Mississippian Era. During this era Native Americans first began settling along the Mississippi River’s major water ways for the watersheds that were contusive to their agricultural needs (1). By the end of the era Mississippian societies could be found as far north as the United States/Canadian border, as far west as Arkansas and as far south as the Gulf of Mexico (2).

After the Louisiana Purchase, the ideology of Manifest Destiny and the Monroe Doctrine combined to justify the United States' exploration and settlement of vast territories. Soon railroads, the telegraph and wagon trains of anxious settlers seeking a new life moved through Indian lands. Racial separation and discrimination became part of America's nationalistic quest to develop the west, limiting exploration to whites only and overcoming Indian resistance to land acquisitions (Office of the Historian).

During the 1900s many people had to work and do hard labor. In the Northern states they lost about 5 million men to the air force. Mnay men decided to go to the air fore to earn money so they could dupport themselves and their family. This left many job openings for blacks migration to the North.Many blacks alos decided to lean the south because there was very little chance for them to advance economically. Only a few blacks were lucky enough to purchase

The Steele migrated to the United States in the pursuit of a new domain. The father was able to travel by applying for a visa which allows him to get a resident card after a period of time. The family consists of 7 children, four females and three males. The family income falls within the middle class base on West Indies standard. Furthermore, the migration of the children came in groups from the youngest to the oldest. Most families from an underdeveloped country view America as a place where anything is possible. The possibilities are available for all individual; subsequently, a certain amount of effort has to take place to discover what is at stake another to reach a goal.“When cultural groups come in contact with one another, their attitudes,

During the westward expansion the Indians were the only Texans who had any real knowledge of the land west of the present day Interstate Highway 35. Soon settlers began to push homesteads farther west into this uncharted region. The new explorers faced several dangers such as weather, water shortages, and uncertain relations with Indians. New explorations and developments in transportation and establishments brought more movement to the west. Residents began arriving in the west hoping to get rich land and political representation. The men and women who went out to establish the last frontier lived lives that would decisively shape the American character. The settlement of the frontier was driven by profit and political purpose. U.S. citizens pursued the work and adventure of subduing their country’s last frontier. Settling the frontier brought out the best and worst in people of all varieties that wanted to make their mark in the west.