Ch. 12 Vocabulary Flashcards
Redeemer Democrats
Bourbons
Strongly opposes progress
Reactionary
A private company set up to make money for the company but not for the state
Louisiana Lottery Company
A movement that was started to the face problems of farmers
Farmer’s Union
Organizations of American farmers
Populist
Movement to join the populists with the republicans
Fusion Movement
Take the right to vote
Disfranchise
A person had the right to vote if he could show that a male grandparent had voted before 1867
Grandfather Clause
Public and social separation of two races
Segregation
Laws on public and social separation
Jim Crow Laws
States could have separate facilities
Separate but equal
he use of prisoners to work
Convict Lease System
Refuse to work
Strike
Goal of improving the quality of life for all Americans
Progressive Movement
A government insurance program for those killed or injured on the job
Worker’s Compensation
Challenged the Louisiana law requiring blacks to ride in a separate train cars
Homer Plessy
Completed pipeline to Baton Rouge
Standard Oil Corporation
Governor after reconstruction
Francis T Nicholls
Insured the death of Louisiana lottery
Murphy J. Foster
Economic shift away from plantation life
New South
Why did Bourbon Democrats believe that they should lead the government?
Due to their background, education, and limited government
What are three core ideals Democrats had after Reconstruction?
White supremacy, segregation, and limited government
What did Governor Nicholls believe that people in power should do?
Work for the good of all
How did the Louisiana Lottery Company gain and keep its power?
Paid political candidates
What was the purpose of the Farmers’ Union and other similar organizations?
They believed in changes in the government, money, and banking . They wanted the government to help small farmers
Did the populist party want to expand or reduce the size of the government? why?
They wanted to expand because they wanted less oppression, injustice, and poverty.
What happened to the Freedmen’s right to vote in the Constitution of 1898
It went away due to the grandfather clause
What group of people did the leaders of the Populists represent?
Poor Farmers
What 2 parties joined the fusion movement in LA?
Republican and populist
How were the Democrats able to regain control when the Federal Troops left the state?
They threatened african americans to try and make them not vote
Why did Democrats want to keep African Americans from voting?
They were afraid they would become powerful
Who began the convict lease system in LA?
SL James
Who was EA Burke
involvement in the white league. Treasurer after civil war
What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
Restricted African Americans
What are three additions to the 1898 constitution that prevented blacks from voting?
Literate, own property, and pay roll tax
Give 2 examples of the violence of these times?
There were hangings and duels (linchings).
What was the purpose of the convict lease system?
Cheap labor, levees, roads, and railroads.
What are two examples of workers’ attempts to organize?
The Brotherhood of the Timber Works, sugar plantations
Why were people willing to allow the convict lease system
It didn’t affect them
What was debt peonage?
Cycle of poverty entered by sharecroppers
Who was TD Rice
Played Jim Crow
Who challenged the Louisiana law that required African Americans to ride on separate trains?
Homer Plessy
Name 2 challenges faced by the Louisiana as the the 20th century began
Lack of passable roads, poor drainage
What 4 minerals became important economic resources in LA
Oil, gas, sulphur, salt
What was scrip?
Type of currency only good in company’s stores
How did standard oil company get crude oil to its refinery in Baton Rouge?
They created a pipeline
Oil first discovered in LA
Jennings
2 reasons for the development of new towns during this period
New Industry, railroad expansion
Which governor began a juvenile system in LA?
Blanchard
Which governor began to tax oil companies and timber companies operating in Louisiana
Jared Sanders
Which Louisiana governor worked to improve education
Newton Blanchard
Name 2 areas progressives wanted to improve in the state
Working Conditions and poverty
Who encouraged rice farming in southwestern LA
Napps from Iowa
Name the famous NOLA street that had department stores (many)
Canal Street
Most famous Jazz Musician
Louis Armstrong
