Definitions
People of Louisiana
Economy of La
The Capital
Infrastructure
100
The period before the Civil War
What is antebellum
100
French-speaking descendants of French and Spanish settlers born in Louisiana
What are creoles
100
invented the cotton gin
What is Eli Whitney
100
This political party invested effort into improving the levees and roads of Louisiana
What is Whigs
100
What invention made traveling up the Mississippi River far easier?
What is the steamboat
200
Large farms that produced an abundance of a cash crops, while utilizing slave labor
What is plantations
200
Potato famine and Catholic culture brought these settlers to Louisiana
What is Irish
200
the most reliable form of transportation in Louisiana
What is water travel
200
poor choice for a state capital - Americans insisted the capital be moved here to prevent Creole influence on politics
What is Donaldsonville
200
aided in spreading Cholera and Yellow Fever in New Orleans.
What is lack of plumbing (sanitation) and close quarters.
300
Any white male over the age of 21 being allowed to vote.
What is universal manhood suffrage
300
Religion of Most American Pioneers who settled Northern Louisiana
What is Protestant
300
If you lived on a small piece of land, you would have more success growing which crop?
What is cotton
300
This political party was known as the 'Know-Nothings"
What is the American Party
300
Which creole governor served two terms and improved the levees and roads?
What is Andre Roman
400
Invented the steamboat
Who is Robert Fulton
400
The Irish came to Louisiana because of this reason...
What is potato famine
400
This crop was known for a long growing season, but grew very well in the climate of Louisiana
What is sugar cane
400
This political party was the party of Andrew Jackson and was considered the 'People's Party'.
What is the Democrats
400
Why were levees important to New Orleans?
What is keeps the city from flooding.
500
A person that came directly from France to Lousiana.
What is foreign French
500
This group made the people of Louisiana angry with their rowdy Sunday beer gardens.
Who are the Germans
500
Which city was known as the Queen City of the South?
What is New Orleans
500
What factors led to New Orleans becoming a city of commerce?
It's a port city. Planters would come there to do business. The city created banks and things to meet the needs of the planters
500
The American Party was against...
What is immigrants and Catholics
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