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Louisiana's Transition Era

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

when us troops left the state the _________ regained political control

a)

republicans

b)

democrats

c)

Whigs

2.

The constitution of 1879 removed equal right and set up __________ schools that were never funded well

a)

segragated

b)

white and black

3.

__________ was elected in 1892 as an opponent of the lottery

a)

Murphy J Foster

b)

Frances T Nicholls

c)

Jim Crow

d)

Barac Obama

4.

Disfranchise is to take away the right for someone to vote

a)

True

b)

False

5.

A Populist is a person who strongly opposes progress

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Farmers Union were the people's party

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was the first Democratic governor after reconstrution

a)

Frances T Nicholls

b)

Murphy J Foster

c)

Henry Johnson

8.

What were the laws that required people to segrate and established "seprate but equal"

(a)  

9.

The ___ and ___ industry began to boom with the begining of the twentieth century

a)

oil / gas

b)

sulphur / salt

c)

sulphur / gas

d)

salt / gas

10.

The harsh __________________ was used as a way to get cheap labor

a)

Convict Lease System

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Grandfather Clause

11.

what natural recorces were extraced from Louisiana

a)

gas

b)

oil

c)

salt

d)

sulphur

e)

all of the above

12.

Burbons-The name given to those Redeemer republicans who held political power in Louisiana in the late 1800's

a)

True

b)

False

13.

the supreme court decision __________ said that Louisiana's sperate but equal laws were constitutional

a)

Plessy V Ferguson

b)

Foster V Nicholls

14.

The Democrats pushed for a new contitution that required voters to own land be literate and pay a pole tax

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Louisiana's governors at the time brought reforms in mostly ___________

a)

Education

b)

Labor

c)

Banking

d)

Entertainment

16.

Farmers came to Louisiana and established ________ farms

a)

rice

b)

wheat

c)

corn

d)

lumber

17.

________ and ______ mining was very popular

a)

suphur/salt

b)

gold/iron

c)

sulphur/iron

d)

gas/oil

18.

People in the ______________ wanted the government to fight poverty and regulate business

a)

progressive movement

b)

Plessy v Ferguson

c)

farmer's union