“This is something I never thought I’d see in my lifetime. It’s a sign that the worldis changing.”
I also never thought that there would be a removal of confederate statues in the South. The first time I was surprised by things like this was when statues were taking down and schools were renamed around my home state of North Carolina.
If we take these statues down and don’t change to become a more open andinclusive society this would have all been in vain.
This is very true, what is the point of removing monuments if what we are fighting for continues to be a problem.
Can you look into that young girl’s eyes and convince her that Robert E. Lee isthere to encourage her? Do you think she will feel inspired and hopeful by thatstory?
I really like this quote from the speech. It makes me wonder how do you explain to a young person how someone who fought to keep your ancestors in inhumane conditions is celebrated in a place you call home.
Areas of the French Quarter and Central Business District, which were long oriented towards local residential and business uses, increasingly catered to the tourist industry.
This is interesting because the French Quarter is currently one of the biggest tourist attractions in the city of New Orleans.
In 1923 the Industrial Canal opened, providing a direct shipping link between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
During this time prohibition was going on in the United States. Due to the fact that New Orleans is known for drinking, my question is were speakeasies common during this time period?
The population of the city doubled in the 1830s with an influx of settlers.
This makes me question if the amount of epidemics that were spread in the city were caused by new settlers coming in.
The population of New Orleans and other settlements in south Louisiana suffered from epidemics of yellow fever, malaria, cholera, and smallpox, beginning in the late 18th century and periodically throughout the 19th century. Doctors did not understand how the diseases were transmitted; primitive sanitation and lack of a public water system contributed to public health problems, as did the highly transient population of sailors and immigrants.
This makes me wonder just how much faster did these epidemics spread due the large amounts of water in the state that multiple people had to access because of the lack of a public water system. I also want know if the amount of ports in the sate spread the diseases quicker due to foreign goods being imported and exported.
New Orleans has always had to consider the risk of hurricanes, but the risks are dramatically greater today due to coastal erosion from human interference.[116] Since the beginning of the 20th century, it has been estimated that Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles (5,000 km2) of coast (including many of its barrier islands), which once protected New Orleans against storm surge. Following Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers has instituted massive levee repair and hurricane protection measures to protect the city.
One of the main causes of destruction with Hurricane Katrina was that the levees were destroyed which brought in more flooding. It is interesting because even though New Orleans is at greater risks to hurricanes there will probably never be one as destructive as Katrina again.
New Orleans is world-famous for its abundance of architectural styles that reflect the city's multicultural heritage. Though New Orleans possesses numerous structures of national architectural significance, it is equally, if not more, revered for its enormous, largely intact (even post-Katrina) historic built environment.
This is interesting because most of the French Quarter remained unflooded during Hurricane Katrina, while other parts of the city were left completely destroyed.
In the 20th century, New Orleans' government and business leaders believed they needed to drain and develop outlying areas to provide for the city's expansion. The most ambitious development during this period was a drainage plan devised by engineer and inventor A. Baldwin Wood, designed to break the surrounding swamp's stranglehold on the city's geographic expansion. Until then, urban development in New Orleans was largely limited to higher ground along the natural river levees and bayous.
This eventually lead to New Orleans becoming the victim of multiple floodings that still continue on even today.
After the Louisiana Purchase, numerous Anglo-Americans migrated to the city. The population doubled in the 1830s and by 1840, New Orleans had become the nation's wealthiest and the third-most populous city, after New York and Baltimore.[56]
New Orleans was once the nation's wealthiest city and now it is leading in highest poverty rates amongst big cities in America.
French policy-makers in Paris attempted to set political and economic norms for New Orleans. It acted autonomously in much of its cultural and physical aspects, but also stayed in communication with the foreign trends as well.
This is interesting because of the amount of French influence over the city of New Orleans. This includes the names of streets, businesses, and even in everyday lingo.