Louisiana History Review

City that became one of the nation's largest and most economically important ports

• Baton Rouge

• Shreveport

• New Orleans

• Monroe

Major cash crops during the Antebellum period in LA

• Sugar, Corn

• Corn, Cotton

• Cotton, Indigo

• Cotton, Sugar

Type of boat designed during Antebellum Period that revolutionized transportation

• Flat boat

• Keel boat

• Steamboat

• Cruise Ship

This crop is primarily grown south of Alexandria in Louisiana.

• Cotton

• Corn

• Sugar

• Soybeans

Plantation labor system was shaped around what type of labor?

• indentured servant labor

• immigrant labor

• slave labor

• native american labor

The period of time before the American Civil War was called what?

• The War of 1812
• The Anti-Bells Error
• The American Revolution
• The Antebellum Era

Who invented the cotton gin?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Andrew Jackson
• Beau LeJeune
• Eli Whitney

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery?

• There was less of a need for slaves
• The demand for slaves increased dramatically
• There was no effect on slavery
• I still have no idea how cotton and slavery are connected

What does it mean to "export a good"?

• To ship a good to a foreign country
• To receive a good from a foreign country
• For a good to stay in the same country always

Due to the climate of this region, farming of cash crops was their main economy.

• South
• North
• East
• West