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Chapter 12 La History.
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The right to vote
a) sufferage
b) Civil rights
c) Temperance
d) Gathering
What was the grandfather clause?
a) It gave a person the right to vote if their father or grandfather had been a voter before 1867.
b) It allowed a person to vote only if their grandfather was present in the voting booth.
c) It gave a person the right to vote if they had a grandfather who was alive before 1867.
d) It allowed a person to vote if they had voted before the Constitution of 1898 was adopted.
Which was an unexpected opportunity benefit from oil exploration?
a) discovery of natural gas
b) low paying job creation
c) increased state revenues
d) arrival of new businesses
What is patronage?
a) Public officials giving jobs or other help as a reward for support.
b) Public officials taking bribes from businesses and citizens
c) Employees returning a portion of their paycheck to their employer
d) Citizens making large cash donations to a political campaign.
How did the system of sharecropping work?
a) Planters would rent a portion of their land to a farmer who promised the farmer an agreed-upon portion of the crop.
b) Planters were required to share a portion of their cash crops with the state as a form of property tax.
c) Planters sold a portion of their land to a farmer in exchange for a small, yearly cash payment after the harvest.
d) Planters worked together to raise a greater volume of cash crops and shared the profits evenly.
What did labeling someone a Bourbon Democrat imply?
a) They had not accepted the changes brought about by the Civil War.
b) They were corrupt.
c) Their social life often interfered with their government work.
d) They were in favor of prohibition.
What was the common name of the Democratic Organization that controlled city government in New Orleans during the Bourbon Era?
a) The New Orleans Ring
b) Jim Crow
c) Louisiana State Lottery
d) Bourbon Democrat
This act required different railroad cars for whites and blacks.
a) 1890 Separate Car Act
b) Jim Crow Act
c) Louisiana Segregation Act
d) Populism Act 1787
laws that restricted the freedom of African Americans and required separate-but-equal public facilities for whites and blacks.
a) Jim Crow Laws
b) Segregation Laws
c) Separate-But-Equal Laws
d) Populism Laws
What was a negative outcome of sharecropping?
a) all of these reasons
b) sharecroppers go into debt because they couldn't afford the supplies they needed
c) Plantation owners put farmers into further debt by selling goods at higher prices
d) Sharecroppers fell into a cycle of poverty called debt peonage
Why is Seaman A. Knapp important to Louisiana history?
a) He encouraged people to grow rice and taught farmers tips for rice cultivation
b) He brought Jazz to the state of Louisiana creating a new genre of music
c) He wrote the bill to create new roads for Louisiana
d) He was governor and led many advancements for Louisiana
Who boosted automobile production using an assembly line?
a) Henry Ford
b) Seaman A. Knapp
c) Tom Ford
d) Jean Gordon
What was established by Henry Ford so his cars could be purchased more easily?
a) Credit plans
b) Stimulus checks
c) Forgiveness loans
d) Car grants
In the 1920s, shopping became a new form of entertainment. In rural communities, what did catalogs make possible?
a) purchase of clothing, tools, and farm equipment
b) purchase of timber and oil
c) purchase or fresh fruit and veggies
d) purchase of credit plans
What genre exploded during the early 1900s in Louisiana?
a) Jazz
b) Creole blend
c) Zydeco
d) Rock
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