Ch. 9 Flashcards
ANTEBELLUM IS LATIN FOR
Before the civil war
WHAT PROBLEMS DID THE INFLUX OF AMERICANS HAVE ON THE CREOLES?
Language barrier and religion
HOW DID FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR RIGHTS CHANGED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF AMERICANS?
Their lifestyle changed
WHAT 2 EUROPEAN GROUPS MIGRATED TO LOUISIANA
germans and irish
WHAT LIFESTYLE DID THE ACADIANS SETTLE INTO
Fishing farming ranching
BY 1850 WHAT WAS THE STATUS OF NATIVE AMERICANS IN LA.
They were almost gone
2 MAJOR POLITICAL FACTIONS THAT EXISTED IN LA. DURING ANTEBELLUM PERIOD.
creoles and americans
NAME THE 3 POLITICAL PARTIES THAT FORMED DURING THE ANTEBELLUM PERIOD.
Whig, democratic and know nothings
WHAT ETHNIC GROUPS WAS THE FOCUS OF EARLY ELECTIONS IN LOUISIANA.
Creoles and anglos
WHAT ISSUES DID THE NORTHERN POPULATION HAVE
Representation, they didnt like where the capital was, free blacks could vote
DESCRIBE A TYPICAL LEGISLATIVE MEETING DURING ANTEBELLUM TIMES
It was held in two different languages
WHEN WAS THE CAPITAL MOVED TO BATON ROUGE?
1845
WHO WERE THE KNOW NOTHINGS?
The american party
WHAT WAS THE MAJOR CHANGES TO THE NEW CONSTITUTION?
All white men could vote
NAME THE 3 DISTRICTS OF NEW ORLEANS AND WHO SETTLED THEM.
Garden district; americans - Voux Carrier; Creoles - Down river; immigrants