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People of Antebellum Louisiana
Economy of South Louisiana
Antebellum Life
Infrastructure
Random Antebellum Facts
100
French speaking decendants of French and Spanish settlers born in Louisiana
Who are the creoles?
100
invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
Invented the sugar vacum
Who is Norbert Rilleux?
100
often knocked down by storms or rotted out
What are telegraph poles?
100
American Protestant Pioneers
Who settled North Louisiana and the Florida parishes?
200
Potato famine and Catholic culture brought these settlers to Louisiana
Who are the Irish?
200
Tarrifs on imported sugar
Why did the sugar farmers support the whig party?
200
Religion of most Creole plantation owners
What is Catholic?
200
the most reliable form of transportation
What is water travel?
200
Synagogue
What is a Jewish place of worship?
300
Open territory of North Louisiana brought these protestants to La
Who are the American Pioneers?
300
economic downturn where mass bankruptcy is seen
What is a depression?
300
Religion of Most American Pioneers who settled Northern Louisiana
What is Protestant?
300
poor choice for a state capital
What was Donaldsonville?
300
71%
What percentage of the free population in Louisiana owned slaves?
400
Forced the Foriegn French out of France
What was the rebellion against royalist, or the enlightenment period?
400
method of repayment to private investors for creating shipping canals
What are tolls?
400
Large farms that produced an abundance of a cash crops, while utilizing slave labor
What are a plantations?
400
aided in spreading Cholera
What is lack of sanitation? ( plumbing)
400
Haitain Revolution
What event forced Napoleon to sell La, the FPOC and Haitain creoles to relocate?
500
middle class FPOC
Who was the educated middle class composed of?
500
long growing season and abundance of fertile soil
Why is sugarcane grown in Louisiana?
500
Dances, Operas, and Horse racing
What are three forms of Anetebellum entertainment in New Orleans
500
to encourage buisness to create jobs in Louisiana
What did the government improve the infrastructure of La?
500
Extended growing season, fertile soil
What is Louisiana's climate ideal for the cultivation of sugar cane?