Kelly Johnston Essays (601 words) - United States,

Kelly Johnston Ms. Nicola Thomas ENG3UE - 26 August 8, 2018 Historical Context and a Closer Look at Setting Geography A - Louisiana is a state , located in the southern United States. The state of Louisiana is bordered by Texas in the west, Alabama to the north and Mississippi to the east and the Gulf of Mexico to the south. A map of the southern United States can be found at the following link, https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Louisiana,+USA/@30.9373242,-95.888355,6z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x8620a454b2118265:0xc955f73281e54703!8m2!3d30.9842977!4d-91.9623327 . B - To travel to Louisiana is a long distance from my home. To drive to Oak Grove near the northern border of Louisiana, it would take approximately 18 hours 18 minutes to drive the 1890 km. If I was to travel to New Orleans which is at the southern border of Louisiana, it would take me approximately 19 hours 27 minutes to drive the 2095 km. C - There are many differences between Louisiana and where I live in Canada. The population of Louisiana comprises of Creole and Cajuns. Cajuns are French descendants from Acadia which are the current Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. The climate in Louisiana is much different from Toronto as it is a humid, subtropical and rainy climate compared to Toronto which is drier and will get snow in the winter. The population in Louisiana is much less than the GTA. The entire state of Louisiana has approximately 4.684 where as there is 6.418 million in the GTA alone . Louisiana's economy is heavily dependent of farming and the fishing industry, whereas Toronto is more of a financial, commercial and industrial center. Tourism is a large part of the economy for both Louisiana and the GTA. The cost of living in Louisiana is much lower than the GTA, noting that the cost to purchase an apartment in Louisiana is about half that of Tor onto, yet the average monthly salary is about the same. African American Rights in the U.S. A - The Emancipation Proclamation was issues by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863 at which time 3.1 million slaved were freed. B - The modern Civil Rights movement began on December 1, 1955 and continued until the late 1960's. Setting A - A Plantation is large estate or farm where sugar cane, coffee, cotton or tobacco are usually grown. Plantations are usually located in a tropical or semitropical country, and they are usually worked by resident workers or slaves. B - Plantations are significant in the southern United States as there were many cotton fields worked by African American Slaves. C - The definition of segregation is "the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group": D - Segregation was justified in the Southern United States by the Separate but Equal doctrine. As long as services such as transportation, medical care, schooling, housing and employment were provided to each race were equal, they could be segregated by race. Works Cited Briney, Amanda. "10 Things You Did Not Know about Louisiana." ThoughtCo, ThoughtCo, www.thoughtco.com/geography-of-louisiana-1435734. "Dictionary." Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, www.dictionary.com/browse/dictionary. Encyclopadia Britannica, Encyclopadia Britannica, Inc., kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Emancipation-Proclamation/353098. Google , Google, www.google.ca/search?safe=strict%2Cpopulation%2BLouisiana . Google , Google, www.google.ca/search?safe=strict%2Cpopulation%2BLouisiana . PBS , Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/johngardner/chapters/4b.html. "Separate but Equal." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Aug. 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate_but_equal.