Antebellum Period

Antebellum means....

• before the war, referring to the Civil War

• after the war, referring to the Civil War

• before the war, referring to the War of 1812

• after the war, referring to the War of 1812

Franchise means...

• the right to vote

• owning a sports team

• the infrastructure development

• before the war

internal improvements are....

• infrastructure development in things like roads, bridges, and canals.

• the right to vote

• the period where Louisiana was working on their emotional state

• the period when the capital moved to another city because they had too much power

Why did voters in North Louisiana want to move the capital away from New Orleans?

• they saw it as a Creole capital that had too much influence over state politics and wanted to reduce the city's power

• they wanted to have multi cities running the state politics

• to get away from the crime

• the slave population was larger in the northern areas of the state and they needed less politics

Which political party favored the common man and which favored big business?

• Democratic/Whig

• Republican/Democratic

• Know Nothing/Republican

• Republican/ Democratic

A holding is...

• the number of slaves who lived and worked for a single master

• the number of slaves who lived and worked for multiple masters

• when a bank seizes your funds

• the period before the war

A coffle is....

• a large group of slaves who were marched overland from different states in the Deep South

• a small group of slaves who were driven by steamboat overland from different states in the Deep West

• a large group of slaves who were put on railroads overland from different states in the Deep North

• A box people are buried in

Why was sugar grown only in South Louisiana, and why was it grown on plantations?

• Sugar required the longer, warmer growing season there and it required more land, labor and infrastructure to grow profitably

• Sugar required the shorter, colder growing season there and it required more land, labor and infrastructure to grow profitably

• Sugar required the longer, warmer growing season there and it required less land, less labor and no infrastructure to grow profitably

• sugar was not grown in South Louisiana

What types of jobs did urban slaves perform?

• They worked on the waterfront, loading and unloading boats with sugar, cotton, and other imported and exported goods

• They built oil-lit lamps

• They raised families at the ports and drove steamboats

• They influenced politics and internal improvement voting in the South Louisiana legislature

A veranda is....

• a long open porch with a roof that was an important feature of a plantation home

• The period between 1820-1860

• the right to vote

• a state representative in charge of moving the capital of New Orleans to Baton Rouge