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Populism and Progressive Era in LA

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Bourbon Democrats believed

a)

slavery was wrong

b)

equality between all non-whites and whites was essential

c)

African Americans should not have equal rights, Jim Crow laws should be enforced, African Americans should not have right to vote

d)

government should fund public school giving all students black and white an education

2.

The first ____________ was established in Jennings, LA in 1901.

a)

Paper Mill

b)

Natural Gas Plant

c)

Automotive Plant

d)

Oil Well

3.

This supreme court case declared segregation as legal

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Marbury v. Madison

d)

Jefferson v. Jackson

4.

Established by Bourbon democrats, this corrupt organization made millions and gave very little to the people of Louisiana

a)

New Orleans Ring

b)

Convict Lease System

c)

Louisiana Lottery Company

d)

Jefferson League

5.

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.

a)

Louisiana Lottery Company

b)

Great Depression

c)

Convict Lease System

d)

Louisiana Cotton Centennial

6.

Laws that restricted he freedom of African Americans and required separate-but-equal public facilities for whites and for blacks.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Emancipation Laws

c)

Freedom Amendments

d)

Equality Codes

7.

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

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Black Codes

c)

Jim Crow Law

d)

Grandfather Clause

8.

a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote

a)

Sales Tax

b)

Corporate Tax

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Income Tax

9.

belief in the rights, wisdom, or virtues of the common people

a)

Progressive

b)

Populism

c)

Bourbon Democrat

d)

Green Party

10.

believed government could and should be used to help address social problems like poverty, illiteracy, and improving the conditions for all workers.

a)

Populism

b)

Progressives

c)

Bourbon Democrats

d)

Socialists

11.

Right to vote

a)

Emancipation

b)

suffrage

c)

fusion

d)

progressive

12.

Sisters who were prominent Louisiana progressives

a)

Nancy and Drew Guilde

b)

Jean and Kate Gordon

c)

Sue and Kate Guillory

d)

Jeannie and Nancy Reynolds

13.

Amendment which gave suffrage to all women

a)

15th

b)

18th

c)

19th

d)

21st

14.

_______________became big business in Louisiana after the Civil War.

a)

Automobile Industry

b)

Slavery

c)

Timber

d)

Telecommunications

15.

One result of World War 1 in Louisiana was:

a)

Many African Americans migrated to Northern cities

b)

Increase in production of indigo and tobacco

c)

shift in political power from populists to bourbon democrats

d)

Increase in production of coffee

16.

One of the most influential Jazz musicians from New Orleans:

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Jimmie Davis

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

James Blunt