Get with the Program
The creator of the Share Our Wealth Program.
Who is Huey P Long
Laws that limited the rights of African Americans.
what are Jim Crow Laws?
said "every man a king but no one wears a crown"
who is Huey P Long ?
system of farming where farmers rented land and shared a profit of the crop with the land owner
what is sharecropping?
controlled politics in Louisiana from the 1800s to the 1900s?
who are the Bourbon Democrats?
FDR's plan to help the United States during the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
amendment that gave African-Amarican Males the right to vote.
what is the 15th amendment?
a political philosophy popularized in the nineteenth century that championed the needs of the common man over the interests of corporations and the wealthy elite
what is populism?
caused the decrease in steamboat production.
what are the RailRoads
It's similar to the Grange but had political candidates run for office
who are the Farmers Alliance?
established a system (“safety net”) of unemployment insurance benefits for workers who lost their jobs, retirement benefits (pensions) for the elderly, and assistance for blind and handicapped people
what is the social security act?
landmark case that decided 'separate but equal'
what is Plessy vs Ferguson?
needed to travel across Lousiana because of the waterways and bayous
what are bridges?
DAILY DOUBLE
allowed America to become a leader in industry.
what is the assembly line?
the Flood of 1927 affected these people the most.
what are Farmers?
period of great strife and economic suffering.
what is the Great Depression?
this tax disenfranchised the poor
what is a Poll Tax?
income promised to each family under Huey Long's 'Share our Wealth' plan
what is $5,000?
these people wanted the direct election of senators
Who are the Populists?
Funded the corruption in politics. Now funds TOPS (an academic scholarship).
What is Louisiana's lottery?
brought an end to the panic that gripped the nation’s banking system.
what is the Banking Act of 1933?
The temperance movement want this banned because of how men were acting.
what is the Prohibition (ban of alcohol)
Angered Standard Oil and the Anti-Longs with this action
What is the oil tax?
main TWO industries in Louisiana during the 1900s
what are oil and lumber?
labor unions declined because of the ________.
what is the Thibodeaux Massarcre ?