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Ch. 11 Louisiana History

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1. The name given to the period between the end of the Civil War and 1877, the year the federal government withdrew its last troops from the South; describes attempts to reconstruct the nation in the aftermath of secession and civil war.   show
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show Freedmen  
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show Ten percent plan  
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4. Members of Congress who thought the people of the South should be punished for seceding and, in their view, causing the war.   show
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5. The process of bringing charges of wrongdoing against a public official while that official is still in office   show
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6. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, founded in 1865 to provide emergency relief to poor southerners, both white and black; establish schools and perform marriages for former slaves; and reestablish and regulate labor relations betwe   show
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show Black Codes  
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show Mechanics’ Institute Riot  
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show Reconstruction Acts  
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10. To take away the right to vote from someone.   show
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show Carpetbagger  
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12. A secret paramilitary organization formed in St. Mary Parish that used methods intended to create terror among potential black Republican voters.   show
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13. A board founded during Reconstruction that had the power to determine whether election outcomes were legitimate or the product of fraud or intimidation.   show
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show Colfax Massacre  
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15. A paramilitary group, formed in 1874 that was committed to restoring the state to white Democratic rule by whatever means necessary.   show
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16. An incident of September 1874 in which well-armed, but outnumbered, Republicans fought with White Leaguers, who forced the Republicans to retreat and took control of New Orleans government until Republican control was returned by federal troops.   show
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17. Democrats who, after the end of Military Reconstruction, saw themselves as redeeming southern honor as they returned white Democratic political control in the South.   show
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show home rule  
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show They were unable to take an oath that they had been loyal to the Union.  
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20. Which event marks the end of the Reconstruction period?   show
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show 15th  
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22. Which Amendment put an end to slavery throughout the United States?   show
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23. Which resulted from Louisiana’s early military occupation during the Reconstruction period?   show
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show Radical Republicans  
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show They both focused on quickly reintegrating the rebel states.  
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show Former Confederates were able to regain control of the state legislature.  
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show Freedmen were required to sign a labor contract.  
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show They saw them as an extension of slavery and called for firmer federal legislation.  
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show to discuss freedmen’s right to vote  
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show a gun shot  
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31. What evidence from the drawing supports the claim of one newspaper that this was “an absolute massacre”?   show
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show Northern outrage led to the election of more Radical Republicans and stricter legislation.  
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33. According to the passage, what was Congress’ primary purpose in passing the Reconstruction Acts?   show
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34. What is another name for the time period when the South was subject to the Reconstruction Acts?   show
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show Ratify the 14th Amendment and register former male slaves and free men of color to vote  
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36. How were Louisiana’s March 1868 elections affected by the disfranchisement of a large number of Democrats?   show
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show It was more equalitarian.  
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show Henry Clay Warmoth  
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39. Who was the first African American to be elected to a statewide office in Louisiana?   show
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40. Which explains why former Confederate Democrats were upset with the outcome of the election of 1868?   show
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show voter fraud and intimidation  
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show dispute over local election results  
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43. Based on the cartoon, how would the purpose of the White League be described?   show
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show White League  
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show Republicans could continue to control Louisiana only with federal support.  
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46. Which Louisiana native was elected governor in 1876 after a successful Civil War military career?   show
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show attacking the Cabildo  
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show Rutherford B. Hayes  
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show Francis T. Nicholls  
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show It limited voting rights of freedmen.  
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show by emphasizing African Americans’ continued struggle for equality  
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52. Using Source, which statement best explains how Louisiana was affected by Reconstruction?   show
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show Carpetbaggers were associated with the values of the northern Radical Republicans. AND Carpetbaggers were thought to be stealing the wealth of the South.  
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54. Which statement describes an action taken by white southerners who opposed the principles in the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in Source?   show
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show Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide civil rights to African Americans.  
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