Antebellum Louisiana Test

Question 1

before the war the time in 19th century America before the civil war began in 1861

Answer 1

Antebellum

Question 2

the right to vote

Answer 2

Franchise

Question 3

the granting of voting privileges to all free white men who had reached the age of 21

Answer 3

Universal Manhood Suffrage

Question 4

the number of slaves who lived and worked for a single master

Answer 4

Holding

Question 5

the white man who acted as manager of the slaves and farming and operations of a plantation

Answer 5

overseer

Question 6

laws under which when a women married her husband became her head and master as her father had been before the marriage

Answer 6

head and master statutes

Question 7

the area where slaves lived on the plantation, where they gathered to cook, talk, sing, dance, mourn, and share their lives with one another

Answer 7

Slave quarters

Question 8

the financial representative of a plantation owner

Answer 8

factor

Question 9

a large group of slaves who were marched overland from the upper south to the deep south, with men chained together and women and children unchained but closely supervised

Answer 9

coffle

Question 10

the development of the infrastructure (things like roads, bridges, and canals)

Answer 10

internal improvements