Sabir Warsame Essays (573 words) - United States,

Sabir Warsame Mrs. Riddell ENG 3U-22 August 9, 2017 Sabir Warsame Geography Louisiana is bordered to the west by Texas; to the north by Arkansas; to the east by the state of Mississippi; and to the south by the Gulf of Mexico. The surface of the state may properly be divided into two parts, the uplands of the north, and the alluvial along the coast. https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Louisiana,+USA/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x8620a454b2118265:0xc955f73281e54703?hl=ensa=Xved=0ahUKEwjgxMjAmcvVAhUH7YMKHXwfDTQQ8gEIJTAA . Map of Louisiana ^^^. Louisiana is 22 hrs 24 min (2,223.1 km) via I-75 S away from my house. c) - The distance between Toronto, Ontario, Canada and New Orleans, Louisiana, Usa is approximately 1,795 km or 1,116 mi. - To reach Toronto, Ontario in this distance one would set out from New Orleans, Louisiana bearing 29.4 or NNE and follow the great circles arc to approach Toronto, Ontario bearing 35.9 or NE . - Toronto, Ontario has a warm summer continental/ hemiboreal climate with no dry season ( Dfb ) whereas New Orleans, Louisiana has a humid subtropical climate ( Cfa ). - Toronto, Ontario is in or near the cool temperate moist forest biome whereas New Orleans, Louisiana is in or near the subtropical moist forest biome. African American Rights in the U.S. Slavery had ended in the united states when president Abraham Lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation in the year of 1863. The proclamation stated 'that all persons held as slaves shall be free''. On December 1, 1955, the modern civil rights movement began when Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The Civil Rights Movement that began in the late 1950's won for African-Americans basic rights long denied to them, inspired other discriminated groups to fight for their own rights, and had a deep effect on American society. 3. Setting a) P lantation is a huge estate or farm, usually in a tropical or sub tropical country, where crops are grown for sale in distant markets, rather than local consumptions. b) P lantation a significant plac e in the Southern United States because it was one of the main income sources for the south. Rice, cotton, and other crops were grown at plantations by the slaves of the wealthy plantation owners. It helped international trade and brought money into the cities. Its the center of social and business influence. c) Segregation is the separation of an individual or group of individuals from a larger group, often to apply special treatment to the separated individual or group. Segregation can also involve the separation of items from a larger group, as seen with the handling of funds in certain types of accounts. d) segregation was justified by separating white and colored people. It was a phrase strongly allied with segregation and Jim Crow Laws during this time. People in favor of segregation justified segregation and Jim Crow Laws through saying that people of different races are fundamentally different and needed to be separated for the good of both races and asserted that segregation was not inequality but it was "separate but equal" even though it wasn't equal.