LOUISIANA HISTORY FINAL EXAM REVIEW GUIDE 2016
Louisiana’s Early American Era
Terms of the Treaty of San Ildefonso– Spain gave Louisiana Territory to France.
Why did France decide to sell Louisiana?France could no longer protect Louisiana.
What two men agreed to the sale of the Louisiana Territory? (one American and one French)
Jefferson – American Napoleon - French
How much was the Louisiana Purchase? Why was it important to the US?
$15 million, doubled the size of the US
Who was the first governor of the Territory of Orleans? (He was also the first governor of the state of LA.)
William CC Claiborne
Creoles – mixing of French and African
How did the US get West Florida?US annexed West Florida.
Who was president when the War of 1812 started?James Madison
What is another name of the War of 1812?Second War for Independence
Why did the War of 1812 begin?Impressment of US sailors, War hawks wanted war
What important American city was burned by the British?Washington, DC
What famous song was written during the War of 1812? Who wrote the song?Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key
What treaty ended the War of 1812? What are the terms of the treaty?Treaty of Ghent, neither side gained anythhing
Who was the American general at the Battle of New Orleans? Andrew Jackson
Where was the Battle of New Orleans fought?Chalmette, south of the city of New Orleans
Why was the Battle of New Orleans unnecessary? fought after treaty was signed to end war
Vocabulary from worksheet: privateer – private ship working for a government, annex – to add,
diplomat – person that represents a government, blockade – block ports to keeps ships out
Louisiana’s Antebellum Era
What does antebellum mean? before war What period does it refer to in the South? before the Civil War
How designed the steamboat? Shreve
What was the most important crop in the South during the Antebellum Era? cotton
Who invented the cotton gin? Eli Whitney
What percentage of people in Louisiana owned slaves? 25%
Louisiana’s Civil War Era
Missouri Compromise - What happened to slavery north of 36 degrees 30 minutes in LA Territory?
1. Terms of Missouri Compromise –
►Missouri would enter Union as a slave state.
► Maine would enter Union as a free state.
►Slavery would be banned in the Missouri Territory north of the 36 degrees 30 minutes parallel.
Parts of the Compromise of 1850
►California would enter Union as a free state.
►The territories of New Mexico & Utah were open to slavery.
►Slave trade, but not slavery itself, would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
►Stronger Fugitive Slave Law was included that required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves.
abolitionists - wanted to end slavery
Fredrick Douglas – former slave who became an abolitionist
Harriet Tubman – conductor on underground railroad
Harriet Beecher Stowe – author of Uncle Tom Cabin, a book which turned many northerners against slavery
What was unique about the Election of 1860? Lincoln won with only 40% of the popular vote.
What was the first state to secede from the Union? South Carolina
The southern states form the Confederate States of America with Jefferson Davis as president.
Where was the capital of the Confederacy? Richmond, Virginia
Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired? Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Who sailed up Mississippi River to capture New Orleans? AdmiralFarragut
Who was Benjamin Butler? – Union general who ruled New Orleans during Civil War, called Beast Butler
What two bayous in Louisiana for supplies? Bayou Lafourche and Bayou Teche
What was the Anaconda Plan? Union’s plan to squeeze the Confederacy to death by gaining control over the Mississippi River.
What is total war? destroying everything in the South to bring a surrender
Where did Lee surrender? Appomattox Court House, Virginia
What was the main result of Civil War? Slaves were freed.
Louisiana’s Reconstruction Era
Reconstruction - refers to the period in which the South was rebuilt after the Civil War
What did the Radical Republicans want during Reconstruction? - punish the South
Who assassinated Lincoln? John Wilkes Booth
13th Amendment – abolished slavery
14th Amendment – equal rights amendment – granted citizenship to African Americans
15th Amendment – gave African American men the right to vote
black codes- laws that took civil rights away from African Americans
Freedmen's Bureau - provided food, medical care, and education to freedman
How many military districts were set up in the South during Military Reconstruction? – five military districts
PBS Pinchback - first African American governor of any state
sharecropping – profits shared between worker and planters, sharecropper could never get out of debt
What did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson? separate but equal facilities were legal
What were Jim Crow laws? – started segregation in the South, separate facilities for blacks and whites
What is the NAACP? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
What does it fight for? – rights for African Americans by taking cases to court
What ruling was made in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka? - overturned the Plessy case, start of intergration
What earlier Supreme Court decision did Brown reserve? Plessy v. Ferguson
Civil Rights Act - federal law that ended segregation by prohibiting discrimination in public facilities and in employment
Voting Rights Act -
- federal law the outlawed literacy tests and poll taxes
- also sent registrars into southern states to register black voters
Transition to 20th Century – Chapter 13
What movement influenced Long’s life? Populist Movement
What was Long’s first elected position? Railroad Commissioner
What was the Railroad Commission renamed? Public Service Commission
What corporation did Long start a life long battle with? Standard Oil Company
List three things Long did the help the people while he was governor. – paved roads, textbooks to school children, abolished poll tax
What is impeachment? - charging an elected official with a crime
Was Long removed from office? NO
What was Long’s nickname? Kingfish
Explain Long’s Share the Wealth Program. - Long proposed to end poverty by giving every family a minimum income of $5,000 a year.
Who assassinated Long? Dr. Carl Weiss
Why was Hurricane Katrina so devastating? – levees broke flooding 80% of New Orleans
What is TOPS? – provides high school graduates who meet certain requirements to attend a Louisiana state college for free
What are the effects of the Gulf oil spill? – killed fish and marine animals, huge loss of jobs