chp. 9 ss vocab

Question 1

• the period before the Civil War

Answer 1

ANTEBELLUM

Question 2

• one who moves into a new country in order to settle in

Answer 2

IMMIGRANT

Question 3

• a small group with common goals within a larger group

Answer 3

FACTION

Question 4

• a way to settle disagreements in which each side gives way a little on its demands

Answer 4

COMPROMISE

Question 5

• the right to vote

Answer 5

SUFFRAGE

Question 6

• a severe continued downturn in the economy where sales and prices drop manufacturing decreases businesses close banks fail and people lose their jobs

Answer 6

DEPRESSION

Question 7

• goods sent or sold to another country

Answer 7

EXPORT

Question 8

• a commercial agent who provides financial and business assistance to clients

Answer 8

FACTOR

Question 9

• a manmade waterway that connects to other bodies of water such as Louisiana’s rivers and bayous

Answer 9

CANAL

Question 10

• once a woman married, her husband became her head and master.

Answer 10

HEAD AND MASTER STATUS

Question 11

• roads, bridges, canals, and other transportation needs

Answer 11

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS

Question 12

• the belief by American that they were destined to spread out across the continent

Answer 12

MANIFEST DESTINY

Question 13

• a private teacher

Answer 13

TUTOR

Question 14

• cattle ranches

Answer 14

VACHERIES

Question 15

• a creole who was elected the 2nd governor of LA

Answer 15

JACQUES VILLERE

Question 16

• the temporary capitol

Answer 16

DONALDSONVILLE

Question 17

• an economic depression

Answer 17

PANIC OF 1837

Question 18

• the preeminent city of a region

Answer 18

QUEEN CITY

Question 19

• large sugar plantation

Answer 19

HOUMAS HOUSE

Question 20

• is a historical plantation

Answer 20

GARDEN DISTRICT

Question 21

• a coin worth 6 ½ cents. This was also the price of a newspaper

Answer 21

PICAYUNE

Question 22

• makeshift church

Answer 22

BRUSH ARBOR

Question 23

• the French Quarter

Answer 23

VIEUX CARRÉ

Question 24

• an invasion of Mexico by the US Army

Answer 24

THE MEXICAN WAR

Question 25

• architect who designed the current state capitol

Answer 25

JAMES DAKIN

Question 26

• the 1st railroad in NOLA

Answer 26

PONTCHARTRAIN RAILROAD

Question 27

• when slaves marched to NOLA and were chained together so they couldn’t run away

Answer 27

COFFLE

Question 28

• a long open porch with a roof

Answer 28

VERANDA

Question 29

• people that supervised slaves’ work

Answer 29

OVERSEER

Question 30

• a national hero in the Mexican-American war

Answer 30

ZACHARY TAYLOR