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finals Flashcards

1
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Name the 1803 sale of land in North America from France to the United States.

A

LA purchase

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2
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Name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812

A

ghent

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3
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Privately owned ships that capture other ships of government enemies

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priavteer

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3
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Who did the US send to defend New Orleans?

A

Andrew jackson

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4
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1st governor of louisiana

A

William claiborne

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5
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What was built at the border of Louisiana and Spanish Texas

A

fort jesup

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6
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Name of the leader of privateers

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Jean Lafitte

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7
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What occurred in New Orleans after the war of 1812 had ended

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battle of new orleans

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8
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Name of the territory that made up most of the state of Louisiana

A

orleans

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9
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What was the name of the neutral territory between Texas and Louisiana

A

Sabine strip

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10
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What 2 deadly diseases affected Louisiana during the Antebellum period

A

cholera and yellow fever

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11
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This group had disappeared from Louisiana by 1850

A

native americans

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12
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What is the name of the area of New Orleans where Americans settled?

A

garden district

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13
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Who wanted to influx their lifestyles in the creoles?

A

americans

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14
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In 1849, where did the state capitol move to?

A

baton rouge

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15
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Name for the economic depression in louisiana.

A

panic of 1837

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16
Q

Where did creoles settle in New Orleans?

A

veiux carre`

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17
Q

Name of the period before the civil war

A

antebellum

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18
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An important building, in New Orleans, was constructed in 1794

A

St Louis cathedral

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19
Q

Who served as teacher in the first schools in Louisiana?

A

priests and nuns

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20
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Name of the battle that prevented the capture of shreveport.

A

mansfield

21
Q

Name the 2 forts that protected New Orleans.

A

ft st Philip and ft jackson

22
Q

What strategy involved surrounding the Confederate States of Louisiana

A

the anaconda plan

23
Q

4 causes of the civil war

A

Sectionalism
States rights
Slavery
Lincoln’s election

24
Q

CSA general who led the attack on fort sumter

A

pgt beuraguard

25
Q

Name the 2 events that were considered the turning points in the civil war

A

Vicksburg and gettysburg

26
Q

Which union general was hated by the people of New Orleans

A

Benjamin butler

27
Q

What military group fought with General Lee?

A

the fighting tigers

28
Q

Deadly riot at grant parish courthouse

A

colfax massacre

29
Q

Who was the first African-American governor of Louisiana

A

pbs pinchback

30
Q

Which amendment abolished slavery

A

13

31
Q

Native white southerners who supported the republican party

A

scalawags

32
Q

What term refers to the steps taken to restore the south to the union

A

reconstruction

33
Q

Northern whites who moved to the south

A

carpetbagger

34
Q

What civil laws were passed to restrict Freedmen’s actions

A

black codes

35
Q

This word means to take away the right to vote

A

disfranchise

36
Q

Who challenged Louisiana law requiring blacks to ride on separate train cars

A

Homer plessy

37
Q

What does “separate but equal’ mean

A

states could have seperate facikities

38
Q

Laws on public and social separating

A

jim crow laws

39
Q

This term means economic shift away from plantation life.

A

new south

40
Q

What term refers to the improvement of the quality of life for all americans

A

progressive movement

41
Q

Where in Acadia parish was oil first discovered

A

jennings

42
Q

List 3 additions to the 1998 constitution that prevented blacks from voting?

A

literacy
Owning property
Poll tax

43
Q

What is another name for bourbons

A

redeemer democrats

44
Q

Name for the public and social separation of races.

A

segregation

45
Q

The name for the ban and selling of alcohol.

A

prohibition

46
Q

Which group was the biggest supporters of Huey Long?

A

common people

47
Q

List 3 areas that showed improvement during Huey Long’s reign.

A

education, transportation and health care

48
Q

Who is Louisiana’s most famous governor?

A

Huey long

49
Q

Name of one of the worst natural disasters in US history.

A

flood on 1927

AC L.A. History 8 (11 decks)

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