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In this except of a speech from 1972, what are the old barriers Edwards refers to when he talks about black

Louisianans?

literacy tests and poll taxes

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How many terms did

Edwin Edwards serve as

governor of Louisiana?

Four terms

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What was Edwards’ highest priority when he first took office in

1972?

To propose a new constitution

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During his first two terms as governor, what changes did Edwards make to

taxes in Louisiana?

decreased individual taxes and eliminated

property taxes

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Based on this graph, what conclusion can be made about

Edwards’ tax reforms?

The change to a value-based tax system

resulted in a financial prosperity for Louisiana

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What were the results of Edwards’ first two

trials in 1985 and 1986?

Mistrial & Not Guilty

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In what way was Edwin Edwards’ career as

Louisiana’s governor similar to that of Huey

Long?

Both men faced allegations of political

corruption

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Who was Charles Roemer referring to in

this statement?

Edwin Edwards

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Faced with federal charges for

corruption, what happened to Edwards

five years after leaving office?

He was convicted and sentenced to

10 years in prison

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What is the best interpretation of this

bumper sticker from the Edwards vs. Duke election campaign?

Louisiana citizens felt that voting for Edwards was the “lesser of two

evils”

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What best explains why the Constitution of 1921 needed to be replaced?

It had 536 amendments that generally favored

special interest groups

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Which of Louisiana’s constitutions contained this

provision?

Constitution of 1974

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How does the current constitutional provision differ from the previous

version?

It provides explicit protections against

various forms of discrimination

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How does Louisiana’s equal protection provision compare to

that of the United States Constitution?

The United States Constitution does not explicitly name groups

who are considered “persons”

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How did the 1974 Constitution

reorganize Louisiana’s state government?

It ordered the governor to reduce the number of departments from 256 to

20

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Who was inaugurated as the first Republican

governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction?

David Treen

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What governor portrayed himself as the reformer who would “slay the dragon”

of corruption?

Charles “Buddy” Roemer

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Who was the first woman to be

elected governor of Louisiana?

Kathleen Blanco

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Who became the nation’s first Indian American

governor in 2008?

Bobby Jindal

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What governor is credited with returning dignity and calm to the governor’s mansion after

the Edwards’ scandals?

Mike Foster

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What was the main reason Governor

Blanco chose not to run for a second term?

The negative assessment of how she handled Hurricane

Katrina

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What 3 types of gambling were legalized under Governor Roemer?

Lottery, video gaming, and

riverboat gambling

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What did Governor Treen reinstate to deal with violent crimes in

Louisiana?

Capital Punishment

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What was the impact of the post-Katrina

construction boom on the population of

Louisiana?

A large increase in the Hispanic

population

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How much of the wetlands does

Louisiana lose each hour?

A football field size of wetlands in lost

each hour

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White residents moving outside a city

to the suburbs to avoid desegregation is

an example of what term?

White Flight

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Despite the highest rates of __________ in

the country, Louisiana still has a great deal

of crime and violence.

Incarceration

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Allowing companies owned by individuals to

take over a service previously provided by the government is an

example of what term?

Privatization

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A company that hires 10% minorities is

following what type of policy?

Affirmative Action

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A white supremacist may belong to what secret organization?

Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

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Final Question

What change in the Louisiana election

process was expected to help Democrats but

actually helped Republicans?

The change to the Open Primary

System

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