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Ch. 12 Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Redeemer Democrats

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Bourbons

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2
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Strongly opposes progress

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Reactionary

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3
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A private company set up to make money for the company but not for the state

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Louisiana Lottery Company

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4
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A movement that was started to the face problems of farmers

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Farmer’s Union

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5
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Organizations of American farmers

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Populist

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Movement to join the populists with the republicans

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Fusion Movement

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7
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Take the right to vote

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Disfranchise

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8
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A person had the right to vote if he could show that a male grandparent had voted before 1867

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Grandfather Clause

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9
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Public and social separation of two races

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Segregation

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10
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Laws on public and social separation

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Jim Crow Laws

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11
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States could have separate facilities

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Separate but equal

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12
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he use of prisoners to work

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Convict Lease System

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13
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Refuse to work

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Strike

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14
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Goal of improving the quality of life for all Americans

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Progressive Movement

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15
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A government insurance program for those killed or injured on the job

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Worker’s Compensation

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16
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Challenged the Louisiana law requiring blacks to ride in a separate train cars

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Homer Plessy

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17
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Completed pipeline to Baton Rouge

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Standard Oil Corporation

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18
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Governor after reconstruction

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Francis T Nicholls

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19
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Insured the death of Louisiana lottery

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Murphy J. Foster

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20
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Economic shift away from plantation life

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New South

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21
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Why did Bourbon Democrats believe that they should lead the government?

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Due to their background, education, and limited government

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22
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What are three core ideals Democrats had after Reconstruction?

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White supremacy, segregation, and limited government

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23
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What did Governor Nicholls believe that people in power should do?

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Work for the good of all

24
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How did the Louisiana Lottery Company gain and keep its power?

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Paid political candidates

25
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What was the purpose of the Farmers’ Union and other similar organizations?

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They believed in changes in the government, money, and banking . They wanted the government to help small farmers

26
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Did the populist party want to expand or reduce the size of the government? why?

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They wanted to expand because they wanted less oppression, injustice, and poverty.

27
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What happened to the Freedmen’s right to vote in the Constitution of 1898

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It went away due to the grandfather clause

28
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What group of people did the leaders of the Populists represent?

A

Poor Farmers

28
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What 2 parties joined the fusion movement in LA?

A

Republican and populist

29
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How were the Democrats able to regain control when the Federal Troops left the state?

A

They threatened african americans to try and make them not vote

30
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Why did Democrats want to keep African Americans from voting?

A

They were afraid they would become powerful

31
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Who began the convict lease system in LA?

A

SL James

32
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Who was EA Burke

A

involvement in the white league. Treasurer after civil war

33
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What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?

A

Restricted African Americans

34
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What are three additions to the 1898 constitution that prevented blacks from voting?

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Literate, own property, and pay roll tax

35
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Give 2 examples of the violence of these times?

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There were hangings and duels (linchings).

36
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What was the purpose of the convict lease system?

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Cheap labor, levees, roads, and railroads.

37
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What are two examples of workers’ attempts to organize?

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The Brotherhood of the Timber Works, sugar plantations

38
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Why were people willing to allow the convict lease system

A

It didn’t affect them

39
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What was debt peonage?

A

Cycle of poverty entered by sharecroppers

40
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Who was TD Rice

A

Played Jim Crow

41
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Who challenged the Louisiana law that required African Americans to ride on separate trains?

A

Homer Plessy

42
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Name 2 challenges faced by the Louisiana as the the 20th century began

A

Lack of passable roads, poor drainage

43
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What 4 minerals became important economic resources in LA

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Oil, gas, sulphur, salt

44
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What was scrip?

A

Type of currency only good in company’s stores

45
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How did standard oil company get crude oil to its refinery in Baton Rouge?

A

They created a pipeline

46
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Oil first discovered in LA

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Jennings

47
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2 reasons for the development of new towns during this period

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New Industry, railroad expansion

48
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Which governor began a juvenile system in LA?

A

Blanchard

49
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Which governor began to tax oil companies and timber companies operating in Louisiana

A

Jared Sanders

50
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Which Louisiana governor worked to improve education

A

Newton Blanchard

51
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Name 2 areas progressives wanted to improve in the state

A

Working Conditions and poverty

52
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Who encouraged rice farming in southwestern LA

A

Napps from Iowa

53
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Name the famous NOLA street that had department stores (many)

A

Canal Street

54
Q

Most famous Jazz Musician

A

Louis Armstrong

8th Grade S.S. (6 decks)

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