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Hist Ch 10 People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles P. Adams | was one of the 3 founders of a Black College that eventually became Grambling State University. |
| Louis Armstrong | was a best known jazz musician. He played the trumpet. |
| Newton Blanchard | was a Louisianan governor who: 1. doubled the educational budget 2. required parish superintendents be certified 3. built new schools 4. School board members had to be elected |
| George Washington Cable | was a writer and Civil War vet who lost popularity because he was critical of the Jim Crow Laws |
| Kate Chopin | was one of the first female writers. She wrote about strong, independence women |
| Edgar Degas | was a French artist associated with Impressionism. |
| Katherine Drexel | was a Catholic nun who worked to establish schools for black students. |
| Murphy J. Foster | was a former governor of the state was against the Louisiana Lottery Company and he forbade the sale of lottery tickets. His grandson became governor in 1996-2004. |
| Henry Hardtner | and his brother had an interest in timber. He was one the important people in America's Forestry Industry. He saw trees as a renewable resource and he replanted after trees were harvested. |
| T.H. Harris | is known as "The Father of Louisiana's Modern Education System". He required teachers to have college degrees. |
| David Hennessey | was the Chief of Police in NOLA who was murdered by the Mafia. HIs death continues to be one of NOLA's bug mysteries. |
| Seaman A. Knapp | moved to the south to try and modernize agricultural techniques. He convinced Northern farmers to move to the region. |
| Ferdinand Morton | "Jelly Roll" was a Louisiana born jazz composer and piano player. He had a diamond set in his front tooth and blamed his failing health on a voodoo curse. |
| Francis T. Nicholls | was a Louisiana governor who was against the Louisiana Lottery Company and he passed a law that you couldn't mail lottery tickets. Since most of the money was coming in the mail from other states, the lottery faded out. |
| Homer Adolph Plessy | challenged the Jim Crow Laws by purchasing a ticket for the 'white care" on a train when he was 1/8 black. This case went all the way to Supreme Court. |
| Theodore Roosevelt | was a former President who came to Louisiana to hunt bears.He hunted with Ben Lilly from Morehouse Parish.When he hadn't killed a bear,his guide tied a baby bear to the tree but Roosevelt didn't shoot it.They called the bear aTeddy Bear.He later killed it |
| Edward Douglass White | was a Civil War hero who held the position of justice of the Supreme Court. The only Louisianian to do this. |
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