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WorksheetsPopulism and Progressive Era in LA
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Bourbon Democrats believed
slavery was wrong
equality between all non-whites and whites was essential
African Americans should not have equal rights, Jim Crow laws should be enforced, African Americans should not have right to vote
government should fund public school giving all students black and white an education
The first ____________ was established in Jennings, LA in 1901.
Paper Mill
Natural Gas Plant
Automotive Plant
Oil Well
This supreme court case declared segregation as legal
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Jefferson v. Jackson
Established by Bourbon democrats, this corrupt organization made millions and gave very little to the people of Louisiana
New Orleans Ring
Convict Lease System
Louisiana Lottery Company
Jefferson League
Policy that allowed private citizens and businesses to rent prisoners to work for them. Led to brutal conditions for prisoners and a high mortality rate.
Louisiana Lottery Company
Great Depression
Convict Lease System
Louisiana Cotton Centennial
Laws that restricted he freedom of African Americans and required separate-but-equal public facilities for whites and for blacks.
Jim Crow Laws
Emancipation Laws
Freedom Amendments
Equality Codes
A law that gave a person the right to vote if he could demonstrate that his father or grandfather had been a voter before 1867
Emancipation Proclamation
Black Codes
Jim Crow Law
Grandfather Clause
a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote
Sales Tax
Corporate Tax
Poll Tax
Income Tax
belief in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people
Progressive
Populism
Bourbon Democrat
Green Party
believed government could and should be used to help address social problems like poverty, illiteracy, and improving the conditions for all workers.
Populism
Progressives
Bourbon Democrats
Socialists
Right to vote
Emancipation
suffrage
fusion
progressive
Sisters who were prominent Louisiana progressives
Nancy and Drew Guilde
Jean and Kate Gordon
Sue and Kate Guillory
Jeannie and Nancy Reynolds
Amendment which gave suffrage to all women
15th
18th
19th
21st
_______________became big business in Louisiana after the Civil War.
Automobile Industry
Slavery
Timber
Telecommunications
One result of World War 1 in Louisiana was:
Many African Americans migrated to Northern cities
Increase in production of indigo and tobacco
shift in political power from populists to bourbon democrats
Increase in production of coffee
One of the most influential Jazz musicians from New Orleans:
Elvis Presley
Jimmie Davis
Louis Armstrong
James Blunt
