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8th LA History
8th LA History Review (LEAP)
Question | Answer |
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CREOLES | DESCENDANTS OF FRENCH, SPANISH, AND AFRICAN SETTLERS |
SHARECROPPING | SYSTEM USED BY PLANTATION TO WORK THE FIELDS WHERE WORKERS SHARED CROPS AS RENT |
ACADIANS | FRENCH CANADIANS WHO WERE EXPELLED AND FORCED TO FIND REFUGE IN LOUISIANA |
SIGNIFICANCE OF BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS | FOUGHT AFTER OFFICIAL END OF WAR |
CULTURAL DIFFUSION | THE SHARING OF COULTURE BETWEEN GROUPS OF PEOPLE |
NAPOLEONIC CODE | ADOPED FROM FRENCH LAW |
COSTAL EROSION | GREATEST THREAT TO LA GEOGRAPHY |
COMPROMISE OF 1877 | OFFICIALLY ENDED RECONSTRUCTION BY WITHDRAWING FEDERAL TROOPS FROM THE SOUTH |
REDEEMERS | NAME OF SOUTHERNERS WHO WORKED TO END RECONSTRUCTION AND WANTED TO REDEEM LA FROM REPUBLICANS |
WHY LA CONSTITUTION HAS BEEN REWRITTEN SO MANY TIMES | TO REFLECT CHANGING ATTITUDES OF SOCIETY |
MAN-MADE CAUSES OF EROSION | CANALS THROUGH MARSHES AND MAN-MADE LEVEES |
LOUISIANA'S TYPE OF CLIMATE | HUMID-SUB TROPICAL |
WHY EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DID NOT AFFECT NEW ORLEANS AREA | AREA WAS NOT IN REBELLION |
ANTEBELLUM PERIOD | TIME BETWEEN WAR OF 1812 AND THE CIVIL WAR |
NATURAL CAUSES OF COASTAL EROSION | SALT WATER INTRUSION, NUTRIA, WAVES, SUBSIDENCE |
ANDREW JACKSON | WAR HERO OF THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS |
WAR OF 1812 | KNOWN AS AMERICANS SECOND REVOLUTION |
STATE CAPITAL MOVES | FROM NEW ORLEANS TO DONALDSONVILLE TO BATON ROGUE |
ANTEBELLUM TECHNOLOGY | STEAM BOAT AND COTTON GIN |
BLACK CODES | LAWS PASSED IN THE SOUTH TO LIMIT RIGHTS OF FREEDMAN'S LATER KNOWN AS JIM CROW LAWS |
LOUISIANA'S ANTEBELLUM ECONOMY | BASED ON AGRICULTURE, SUGR CANE, AND COTTON |
TEN PERCENT PLAN | LINCOLN RECONSTRUTION PLAN THAT WOULD REQUIRE 10 PER CENT OF VOTERS TO SIGN AN OATH AND ABOLISH SLAVERY |
WIND SPEED OF A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE | 74 |
WHY SPANISH COLONY WAS SUCCESSFUL | ATTRACTED PEOPLE TO LA THROUGH LAND GRANTS |
15TH AMENDMENT | GAVE FREEMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE |
BLUFFS | ANCIENT LEVEES FOUND THE TERRACES |
JULIEN POYDRAS | LED FIRST LA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION |
ESTUARY | WHERE RIVER MEETS THE GUIF;BRACKISH WATER AND DELTAS |
FREEDMAN'S BUREAU | ESTABLISHED TO HELP FORMER SLAVES TRANSITION INTO FREE SOCIETY |
OPPORTUNITY COST | WHAT YOU DID NOT CHOOSE OR WHAT YOU ARE "COST" BY CHOOSING SOMETHING ELSE |
13th AMENDMENT | ABOLISHED SLAVERY |
IMPACT OF LOUISIANA PURCHASE | DOUBLED THE IZE OF THE U.S. |
WHITE SUPREMACY GROUP | WHITE LEAGUE , KNIGHTS OF THE WHITE CAMELLIA, KKK |
IMPRESSMENT | BRITISH CAPTURING U.S. SHIPS AND FORCING SAILORS INTO BRITISH NAVY |
KING COTTON | NAME GIVEN TO COTTON TO SHOW ITS IMPORTANCE |
TREATY OF GHENT | TREATY ENDING THE WAR OF 1812 |
PLACE d'ARMES | NOW CALLED JACKSON SQUARE |
CABILDO | REPLACED SUPERIOR COUNCIL DURING SPANISH WAR` |
1803 | YER OF THE LA PURCHASE |
POLICE JURY | LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODY IN MOST PARISHES |
COMMAND ECONOMY | GOVERNMENT ANSWERS THE ECONOMIC QUESTIONS |
ADAMS-ONIS TREATY | SETTLED BORDERED DISPUTED WITH SPANISH AND U.S. |
SALT DOMES | NATURAL MINERAL DEPOSITIS FOUND IN THE SALT MARSH |
ANACONDA PLAN | PLAN TO STRANGLE CONFEDERACY BY BLOCKING SOUTHERN PORTS AND CAPTURING THE MSR |
CODE NOIR | FRENCH AND SPANISH LAWS THAT GOVERNED SLAVERY, RACE, AND RELIGION IN THE COLONY |
RADICAL REPUBLICAN | NAME GIVEN TO REPUBLICANS WHO WANTED TO PUNISH THE SOUTH FOR THE CIVIL WAR |
1812 | YEAR LA WAS ADMITTED TO THE UNION |
BATTLE OF PORT HUDSON | LOGEST SIEGE OF CIVIL WAR AN LAST CONFEDERATE STRONG HOLD |
JOHN LAW | PROPRIETOR WHO USED MISSISSIPPI BUBBLE SCHEME TO GET INVESTORS |
FREEDMEN | NAME GIVEN TO FORMER SLAVES |
FREE TRADE | TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COUNTRIES ELIMINATING TARIFFS |
TRADITIONAL ECONOMY | TRADE ARE PASSED DOWN TO THE FAMILY |
CAPITAL RESOURCES | MONEY, BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT |
O'REILLY | SPANISH GOVERNOR WHO CRUSHED CREOLE REBELLION AND BROUGHT STABILITY TO LA |
BEINVILLE | GOVERNOR OF FRENCH LA MULTIPLE TIMES; BUILD NEW OREANS |