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8th Cht 0 ANTEBELLUM
Jorge Cha[ter 9 LOUISIANA ANTEBELLUM ERA
Question | Answer |
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ANTEBELLUM | The period before the Civil War; Latin for "before war" |
FRANCHISE | the right to vote |
UNIVERSAL MANHOOD SUFFRAGE | the granting of voting privilegeds to all free white men who had reached the age of 21. |
HEAD AND MASTER STATUTES | laws under which, whe a woman married, her |
HOLDING | the number of slaves who lived and worked for a single master. |
COFFLE | a large group of slaves who were marched overland from the upper South to the deep South with men chained together and the woman and children unchained but closely supervised. |
VERANDA | a long open porch usually with a roof which was an important feature of a Plantation home. |
OVERSEER | white man who acted as manager of the slaves and farming operations of a Plantation |
SLAVE QUARTERS | the area where slaves lived on a Plantation where they gathered to cook, talk, sing, dance, mourn, and shared their lives with one another. |
IMMIGRANT | one who moves into a new country in order to settle there. |
FACTION | a small group with common goals within a larger group. |
COMPROMISE | a way to settle disagreements in which each side gives way a little on its demands. |
SUFFRAGE | the right to vote, |
DEPRESSION | a severe, continued downturn in the economy where sakes and prices drop, manufacturing decreases, business close, banks fail, and people lose their jobs, |
REPRESSION | the act of restraining someone by force, |
FACTOR | a commercial agent who orovides financial and business assistance to clients. |
CANAL | a man made water wave that connects other bodies of water such as LA's rivers and bodies. |
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS | roads, bridges, canals, and other transportation needs. |
MANIFEST DESTINY | the belief by Americans that they were destined to spread out across the continent. |
TUTOR | a private teacher. |
PICAYUNE | a corn worth 6-and-a-half cents. |
VACHERIE | Acadian cowboys who own cattle ranches, |
CIRCUIT RIDERS | Ministers who came to preach and establish churches |