Poverty Point
How long did it take the people of Poverty Point to build Mound A or Bird Mound?
What is 30- 90 days.
Who claimed Louisiana for France?
Who was La Salle
Who invented the cotton gin?
Who was Eli Whitney.
Why was New Orleans important in the Civil War?
What was because of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans
What organization was designed to intimidate former slaves and anyone who supported former slaves?
Who were KKK/ White Supremacist Groups
This geographic feature allowed the Poverty Point People to trade long distances:
What was the Mississippi River.
What type of religion did the French, Spanish, and Acadians all practice?
What is Catholic.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery?
What was the demand for slaves increased dramatically.
Which side was more prepared economically and militarily to fight Civil War?
Who were the Union (north)
Which Amendment gave African Americans citizenship?
What was the 14th Amendment.
Sedentary Societies were possible because of this.
What is farming
People from what continents settled in Louisiana during its Spanish colonial era? (3)
What are Africa, Europe, North America
What invention made it easier to transport goods by water?
What was the Steamboat.
The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
What is Secession
Abraham Lincoln's plan which was known as the _____ percent plan
What was the 10 % plan.
What do we believe the people of Poverty Point used Mound A for?
What are religious purposes.
Which group left Novia Scotia and settled in Spanish Louisiana?
Who were the Acadians
With a decrease in the price of slaves, what did the founding fathers think would happen to slavery?
That it would die out naturally
The Union army was able to lay siege at ______________________, securing Union victory and complete control of the Mississippi River.
What was Port Hudson
The following group provided aid (help) to former slaves during Reconstruction.
Who were the Freedman's Bureau
Archaeologists have found tools and stones that come from as far away as Michigan. What does this say about the site?
What was a trading center.
Why did Napoleon Bonaporte of France sell Louisiana to the United States? (2 reasons)
What was because he lost the Haitian Revolution and St. Domingue as a military base and because he needed the money
What is Congo Square
What was the name of the plan the union used to win the Civil War?
What is the Anaconda Plan
This system of agriculture developed in the late 19th century, in which a landowner allowed a tenant to use the land in return for a portion of what was produced.
What was sharecropping