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100 Cards in this Set
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Who experimented with Reconstruction in Louisiana before the Civil War ended? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Lincoln wanted Reconstruction to be simple and easy because |
he believed most Southerners were not strong Rebels |
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A Rebel state could be readmitted into the Union if |
it abolished slavery and reestablished a state government that was loyal to the US |
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____ ________ served as Union capital of LA during Reconstruction and the Civil War |
New Orleans |
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What did voters who wanted to rejoin the Union form? |
A new loyal government & adopted the Construction of 1864(which abolished slavery) |
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Civil War ends in ______ and the state divides into |
1865; two factories |
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What are the two factories the state divides into |
Racial Republicans & White Democrats |
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Radical Republicans: black former slave |
Freedmen |
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Radical Republicans: white Northerners |
Carpetbaggers |
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Radical Republicans: white Native Louisianian who supported Republican party |
Scalawags |
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Why do the Radicals want to gain power? |
to make sure former Rebels don't start another war and to gain black voting rights to offset the former Rebel |
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White Democrats: most of white population |
former Rebels |
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Democrats goals |
1. reestablish "home rule" or have LA controlled by the same white natives who had always controlled it 2. to keep freedmen in a subservient position to whites 3. to end the Radical's corruption |
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Radicals win control |
1868 |
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Constitution of 1868 |
1. includes Louisiana's first Bill of Rights 2. gives freedmen the right to vote and enter policies 3. integrate all public facilities 4. provide free public education to children of all races |
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Many freedmen enter politics and are |
elected to the state legislature and other offices |
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Louisiana is readmitted into the Union in _____ BUT |
1868; US army remains to protect Republicans |
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Which governor served during 1868-1872 |
Governor Henry Clay Warmoth |
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What is the name of the private company chartered by the legislature to run a lottery? |
Louisiana Lottery Company |
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Louisiana Lottery Company |
1. Pays no taxes but has to give 40K a year to a charity hospital 2. Can sell tickets though mail 3. Becomes world's most popular lottery |
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What does the US Congress do to the Louisiana Lottery Co. in 1892? |
outlaws selling tickets though mail and lottery shuts down |
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What happens to Governor Warmoth in 1872? |
impeached and suspended from office |
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Who is America's first black governor? |
Lieutenant Governor PBS Pinchback |
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What do the White Democrats do to scare black voters away from the polls? |
form secret societies to use violence and intimidation so the Democrats can win elections |
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Where is the Ku Klux Klan popular? |
North Louisiana |
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Knights with the South Camelia are popular in |
South America |
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Who does the US government attack? |
secret societies, which are largely destroyed |
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_____ ________ emerges as a state wide organization and acts as the Democrat's army |
White League |
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Mehcanics Institute Riot |
New Orleans 1866 |
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New Orleans attacks Freedmen and supporters who are |
demonstrating for a new constitution to grant black voting right |
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Colfax Riot 1873 |
White massacre freedmen after the black seized control of Colfax |
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Battle of Liberty Place |
New Orleans 1874 |
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Who tries to force Republican gov. out of office and defeats and captures Republican police force in fierce street battle? |
White League |
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The Army forces White League to? |
release policemen and leave the city |
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______ ______ ____________ erected in 1891 to honor White League dead - controversy 1993 |
Liberty Place Monument |
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Presidential and Gubernatorial Election of 1876 |
disputed electoral votes in LA,SC,FL |
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Louisiana election fraud leads to |
both Republican and Democrat party being sworn in |
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What ends the crisis |
Compromise of 1877 |
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What do the Democrats agree on? |
to let Republicans win election |
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What do Republicans agree on? |
to withdraw US Army from the South and end Reconstruction |
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What happens when the Army is withdrawn? |
Republican governor steps down to avoid bloodshed |
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Who is declared governor of Louisiana when Reconstruction ends? |
Democrat Francis T. Nicholls |
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Constitution of 1879 does what? |
Returns the state capital to Baton Rouge |
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Black men keep the right to vote after Reconstruction ended but white politicians.... |
...dislike having to ask for their support |
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Who begins to disenfranchise black voters? |
Louisiana and other Southern states |
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How do they begin to disenfranchise black voters? |
1. Literacy test 2. Poll tax 3. Poor illiterate white voters affected |
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Who is affected? |
~White men protected by "Grandfather Clause" in Constitution of 1898 ~90% of LA black voters are disenfranchised in a few years |
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When does Louisiana begins to segregate black away from whites? |
1890's |
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Plessy vs. Ferguson |
1. decided by Supreme Court 1896 2. Segregation is legal as long as separate but equal 3. Supreme Court reverses in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education 1954 4. Civil Rights Movement ends |
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Economic developments in |
1. oil 2. gas 3. timber |
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When does the US enter WWI? |
1917 |
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Where is Camp Beauregard built? |
Pineville |
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Where is prostitution is tolerated in Louisiana |
Storyville (New Orleans) |
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What happens when soldiers are effected by venereal disease? |
US military forces officials to close down red light districts US Army turns Camp Beauregard over to the LA National Guard after war ends |
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Who is John Archer Lejeune |
Louisiana native and "greatest of all Leathernecks" Marine base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina is named for him |
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Where and how long did the the Flood of 1927 affect? |
Mississippi river- from April to August |
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Louisiana's second greatest natural disaster leads to |
modern day levees |
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Huey P. Long era is |
1928-1935 |
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Louisiana is the nation's |
poorest state |
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Long is elected to the |
Railroad Commission |
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Long is elected governor |
1928 |
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Huey's Accomplishments as governor |
1. First populist governor 2. Free textbooks 3. Roads and bridges 4. Charity Hospitals |
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Huey's Accomplishments as governor |
1. Capital building 2. Old Governor's mansion 3. Repeals poll tax 4. Homestead exemption 5. LSU |
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How did long pay for his programs? |
1. Passed small taxes 2. Sold bonds 3. Severance tax
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Long's Corruption |
1. Bribery 2. Bullying 3. Use of National Guard & State Police 4. Kidnapping 5. Firing state employees 6. Deduct box |
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When was Long Impeached? |
1929 |
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How many charges did Anti-Longs file? |
19 |
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How does Long escape conviction? |
15 Senators signed the Round Robin |
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When is Long elected US Senator? When does he plan to take his seat? |
1930 & 1932 |
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Who is Long replaced by and when? |
Governor O.K.Allen; 1932 |
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What is the purpose of the Share the Wealth Plan? |
to use income tax to tax away large fortunes; guarantee every family $2500/yr |
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What is Long's nickname as Senator? |
The Kingfish |
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Why is Long a popular tourist attraction when speaking to the Senate? |
Filibuster- he talks until he can't talk anymore |
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What is Long's plan to become president? |
Run in 1936 to ruin Roosevelt& let Republicans win then be elected in 1940 after Republicans make the Depression worse |
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When is Long assassinated? |
September 8, 1935 |
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How and where is Long assassinated? |
in a hall of the capital building; single assassin guns down Long |
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When and how does Long die? |
September 10; medical mistake |
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Who is blamed for killing Long? |
Dr. Carl Austin Weiss |
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Questions about the assassination |
1. Dr. Weiss' motives 2. Did bodyguards accidentally shoot Long? 3. Difficulty in finding truth |
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The evidence disappears- when is it discovered and what happens? |
Evidence is discovered in 1990 and the State Police reinvestigate assassination |
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How much money does Long's political machine steal? |
$100 million |
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LSU President James Monroe Smith |
is convicted of embezzlement |
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Governor Richard Leche |
convicted of corruption |
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When did Sam Jones serve as governor? What is he known as? |
1940-1944; reform governor |
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How many soldiers train in West Louisiana? |
500,000 |
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What is the 82nd Airborne Division? |
first American paratroop unit |
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Who creates the first mechanized tank units? |
General George Patton |
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When is WWII? |
1941-1945 |
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What is General Claire Lee Chennault hired as? |
China's military adviser to fight Japanese before the U.S. enters war |
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Chennault forms the "Flying Tigers" otherwise known as |
American Volunteer Camp |
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What does Andrew Jackson Higgins do? |
designs and builds Higgins Boats in New Orleans factories which make D-Day possible |
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When was Jimmie Davis's Governor terms? |
1944-48 and 1960-1964 |
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What is Jimmie David popular for? |
Movie star and country singer. "You are my Sunshine" |
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What are Jimmie Davis's accomplishments? |
1. State employee retirement system 2. Built Toledo Bend Reservoir 3. Built Governor's mansion 4. Leaves surplus in treasury |
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When is Earl Long governor? |
1939-40, 1948-52, 56-60 |
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What is Earl Long known for? |
1. Uncle Earl 2. Pea Patch Farm 3. Blaze Starr |
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Earl Long's accomplishments |
1. Roads and bridges 2. Free school lunch 3. Teachers' pay raise 4. Veteran's bonus 5. expand charity hospital |
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Civil Rights Achievements |
1. tried to equalize black teacher's pay 2. protected black voters against disenfranchise 3. opened UNO as South's first integrated public university |
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Earl's mental stability |
alcoholism and bipolar disorder. in and out of mental hospital. fires hospital administrator |
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When does Earl run for Congress |
1960 |
