10.1
Timber, Oil, and Gas
Timber, Oil, and Gas
Discovered accidentally in 1870 in Shreveport, pipes are installed to light factories
Natural Gas
Which constitution stripped Black Louisianans of their equal rights
Constitution of 1898
A structure built to control water flow and prevent flooding
levee
What was Huey Long's job for the state of Louisiana in 1928?
Governor
Depleted in the North after the railroad expansion, the industry turns to Louisiana and began to deplete the resource here.
Timber
the number of Supreme court justices and limited their elected terms
What happened in New Orleans on April 15, 1927?
New Orleans got 14 inches of rain and the pumps in the city couldn't keep up, the water in the city began to rise
What was Long's focus as governor?
improving roads and bridges, expanding the states university system, and building state hospitals
Found in the state in 1901 near Jennings, Louisiana
What did the 1921 Constitution require public schools to do and ban in the classroom
instruction in English and eliminated Cajun French from being spoken
What idea is proposed to release the water from New Orleans?
destroy the levees and flood lower lying areas to relieve the water in New Orleans
What is Long's nickname and why?
Kingfish meaning powerful boss
the name of the framework that supports an oil drill
derrick
How many times was the 1921 Constitution amended?
537 times
How many Louisianans died from the flooding and how many homes were lost?
500 died, and 160,000 homes were lost
Why was Huey Long bad for the state of Louisiana
He threatened members of the state legislature, he eliminated laws that gave local governments the authority, he appointed every police officer, fireman, and teacher
How did Louisiana address the over-harvest of timber in the state?
established Kisatchie National Forest and replanting
What were the views of a populist?
believed in fighting for the working class people
How did the flooding impact Black farmers?
many became part of the Great Migration and headed North
What is Huey P Long's "Share the Wealth" plan?
plan proposed an annual earning limit of 1 million and total wealth of 5 million, he intended to eliminate income inequality by spreading the wealth to everyone