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WorksheetsLouisiana's Transition Era
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 19mins
when us troops left the state the _________ regained political control
republicans
democrats
Whigs
The constitution of 1879 removed equal right and set up __________ schools that were never funded well
segragated
white and black
__________ was elected in 1892 as an opponent of the lottery
Murphy J Foster
Frances T Nicholls
Jim Crow
Barac Obama
Disfranchise is to take away the right for someone to vote
True
False
A Populist is a person who strongly opposes progress
True
False
Farmers Union were the people's party
True
False
Who was the first Democratic governor after reconstrution
Frances T Nicholls
Murphy J Foster
Henry Johnson
What were the laws that required people to segrate and established "seprate but equal"
(a)
The ___ and ___ industry began to boom with the begining of the twentieth century
oil / gas
sulphur / salt
sulphur / gas
salt / gas
The harsh __________________ was used as a way to get cheap labor
Convict Lease System
Jim Crow Laws
Grandfather Clause
what natural recorces were extraced from Louisiana
gas
oil
salt
sulphur
all of the above
Burbons-The name given to those Redeemer republicans who held political power in Louisiana in the late 1800's
True
False
the supreme court decision __________ said that Louisiana's sperate but equal laws were constitutional
Plessy V Ferguson
Foster V Nicholls
The Democrats pushed for a new contitution that required voters to own land be literate and pay a pole tax
True
False
Louisiana's governors at the time brought reforms in mostly ___________
Education
Labor
Banking
Entertainment
Farmers came to Louisiana and established ________ farms
rice
wheat
corn
lumber
________ and ______ mining was very popular
suphur/salt
gold/iron
sulphur/iron
gas/oil
People in the ______________ wanted the government to fight poverty and regulate business
progressive movement
Plessy v Ferguson
farmer's union
