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Economics
100
Legislators thought this state capital was too small
What is Donaldsonville?
100
He invented the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney?
100
The most common form of punishment for slaves
What is whipping?
100
The right to vote
What is suffrage?
100
These immigrants came to LA when their country experienced potato famines
Who is the Irish?
200
These two groups of people were in conflict and alternated governorship
What is the Creoles & the Americans?
200
His vacuum pan refined sugar
Who is Norbert Rillieux?
200
Plantation owners believed this might happen if slaves played drums
What is a revolt?
200
Louisiana’s first Creole governor
Who is Jaques Villere?
200
The Caddo Indians moved to this place when they sold their land in LA
What is Oklahoma?
300
The capital was moved from here so that the Creoles would not have all power in one place
What is New Orleans?
300
Louisiana’s first governor under statehood
Who is William C.C. Claiborne?
300
Plantation owners hired these to supervise slave work
What are overseers?
300
Baton Rouge became the state capital in this year
What is 1849?
300
These are sent or sold to another country
What are exports?
400
A group with common goals within a larger group
What is faction?
400
It means gens de colour libre in French
What is free people of color?
400
The town Rosedown plantation in located in
What is St. Francisville?
400
The “Candidate of the common man”
Who is Andrew Jackson?
400
This is a continued downturn in the economy where banks, businesses, companies, jobs, manufacturing are affected
What is a depression?
500
This political party opposed immigration and believed immigrants caused the unemployment of Americans
What is the American Party?
500
National hero of Mexican-American War
Who is Zachary Taylor?
500
Slaves used the term “can to can’t” which means daylight to what?
What is day light to night fall?
500
Political campaigning was tied to these events during the Antebellum period
What is social?
500
This is a commercial agent
What is a factor?