Antebellum
The invention that resulted in an increase in the number of slaves needed in the South
What is the cotton gin?
They were volunteers in the Army of Northern Virginia with a reputation for being brave but wild
Who were the Louisiana Tigers?
A system where a planter provided the land and a farmer provided the labor to raise a crop that would benefit them both
What is sharecropping?
He led the American forces against the British at the Battle of New Orleans
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The name of the Union campaign during the Civil War that was intended to stop the Confederates from exporting cotton through Texas
What is the Red River Campaign?
These immigrants came to Louisiana to escape starvation in their homeland and worked dangerous jobs that no one else wanted to do
Who are the Irish?
It resulted in Louisiana having two state governments operating at the end of the Civil War
What was Lincoln's 10-percent plan?
What is radical?
He became famous for his paintings of birds
Who is John James Audubon?
The location of the nations that John Slidell tried to convince to help the Confederacy during the Civil War
What is Europe?
Many of them were educated and successful, but they did not have the same rights as white people and had to carry papers to prove their status
Who are the free people of color?
It allowed the Union government to take away the property of Confederates.
What was the Confiscation Act?
People who came to Louisiana from the North during Reconstruction
Who are carpetbaggers?
He was chairman of the unsuccessful Unification Movement during Reconstruction
Who was P.G.T. Beauregard?
The place where slaves were allowed to go dance on Sundays during the Antebellum period
What is Congo Square?
It is what the word "antebellum" means
What is "the time period before the Civil War"?
Its purpose was to make slavery the issue of the Civil War and keep other nations from helping the Confederacy
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
It was the goal of the Redeemers
What was to take back political power from the Republicans?
He became the first African-American governor of any state when he became acting governor of Louisiana during Reconstruction
Who was P.B.S. Pinchback?
Another name for the French Quarter
What is the Vieux Carre?
They were the two groups who fought over political power after Louisiana became a state
Who were the Creoles and the Americans?
A detail in the Confederate conscription law that favored the wealthy
What was the substitution clause?
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What was the exception for people who owned twenty or more slaves?
Three southern states gave their electoral votes to Rutherford Hayes so that a Republican could remain President
How did Reconstruction end?
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Why did the Republicans remove federal troops from the south?
He was President of the Confederate States of America
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The three cities that served as Louisiana's capital during the Civil War
What are Baton Rouge, Opelousas, and Shreveport?