Louisiana (Civil War)

The time period before Civil-War is called...

• New South

• Antebellum

• Civil War

• Reconstruction

What was the main difference between the North and the South during Antebellum?

• North - made their money from factories and wage labor

  South - made their money from agriculture and slave labor

• North - made their money raising cattle

  South - made their money from harvesting wheat

• North - made their money selling slaves

  South - made their money working in extremely efficient factories

• North - made their money from war reparations

  South - made their money by going into debt

What (2) main crops were grown at the plantations in Louisiana?

• Corn

• Sugarcane

• Cotton

• Tobaco

What best describes Treme?

• One of the oldest African American neighborhoods in New Orleans where many freed slaves lived

• One of the oldest meeting up places where slaves congregated on Sundays

• A derogatory name for a Creole person that participated in plantation agriculture

• The river that was used during the Antebellum Period primarily for trade

What best describes Congo Square?

• One of the oldest African American neighborhoods in New Orleans where many freed slaves lived

• A meeting up location in New Orleans where slaves were allowed to sing, dance, and worship on Sundays

• A derogatory name for a Creole person that participated in plantation agriculture

• The river that was used during the Antebellum Period primarily for trade

What best describes a plantation?

• One of the oldest African American neighborhoods in New Orleans where many freed slaves lived

• A meeting up location in New Orleans where slaves were allowed to sing, dance, and worship on Sundays

• A derogatory name for a Creole person that participated in plantation agriculture

• An agriculture farm operated as a business with a "Big House, slave labor, and slave quarters

Identify (3) causes of the Civil War

• Slavery

• State's Rights

• River Disputes

• The Election of Abraham Lincoln as President

• Congo Square

The act of breaking away from the United States (Union) and forming your own country is called...

• Obsession

• Secession

• Posession

• Procession

Why did some voters in the Northern parts of Louisiana vote NOT to secede from the Union?

• They did not utilize slave labor

• The wanted to secede from Louisiana

• They were aginst the Conscription Act

• They supported Abraham Lincoln for President

A war fought between the Northern United States (North) vs. The Confederate States of America (South)

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

• World War II

• Civil War