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Chapter 9 Antebellum Politics, Commerce, and Culture To play the game, go to the next slide and click on a point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen. Slide 2 Antebellum Politics Antebellum Political Parties Slavery Antebellum Agriculture Antebellum Culture And People Antebellum Economy Slide 3 Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board Slide 4 What two groups competed for political power in Louisiana for most of the antebellum period? Slide 5 The Creoles and the Americans score board Slide 6 What antebellum governor is credited for improving levees, roads, and development of railroads in Louisiana? Slide 7 Andr Bienvenu Roman score board Slide 8 Why did voters in Northern Louisiana want to move the capital away from New Orleans? Slide 9 It was seen as the Creole Capital score board Slide 10 What were the three distinct districts in antebellum New Orleans? Slide 11 The French Quarter-controlled by Creoles Neighborhoods above Canal Street- controlled by American settlers Downriver from the French Quarter- controlled by working class immigrant groups scoreboard Slide 12 What city served as the Louisiana state capital from 1847 until the Civil War? Slide 13 Baton Rouge score board Slide 14 What were the 3 major antebellum political parties? Slide 15 Democrats, Whigs, and the American Party score board Slide 16 What were Democrats known as prior to shortening their name? Slide 17 Jacksonian Democrats or Democratic Republicans score board Slide 18 What party is being described by the following clues: Small government, common man, universal manhood suffrage Slide 19 Democrats score board Slide 20 What party is being described by the following clues: voter intimidation, Know Nothings, hostile to immigrants and Catholics Slide 21 The American Party score board Slide 22 What party is being described by the following clues: Favored banks, government funded projects, sugar tariff Slide 23 Whigs score board Slide 24 Why was New Orleans known as the Queen City of the South? Slide 25 New Orleans was the second busiest port in America score board Slide 26 Planters were dependent on what group of people for financial advice? Slide 27 Factors score board Slide 28 Why were banks critical to the economic success of the antebellum period? Slide 29 Banks loaned money and sold bonds score board Slide 30 Why was the New Basin Canal so important to transportation? Slide 31 The canal connected Lake Pontchartrain and the interior of New Orleans score board Slide 32 What impact did the Civil War have on transportation in Louisiana? Slide 33 Most of the railroads were destroyed score board Slide 34 What percentage of the Louisiana population owned slaves? Slide 35 25% of the population owned slaves score board Slide 36 What percentage of slaves lived on plantations? Slide 37 52% of all slaves lived on plantations score board Slide 38 What was the difference between a slave on a large holding and one on a small holding? Slide 39 Slaves on large holdings had specialized jobs, whereas slaves on small holdings could do various jobs. score board Slide 40 Why was slave market season from September-April? Slide 41 Slave market season avoided the summer months due to an increase in disease score board Slide 42 What happened to slave prices as the anti-slavery movement grew in the North? Slide 43 Slave prices tripled between 1810-1860 score board Slide 44 What were the two major agriculture products grown in antebellum Louisiana? Slide 45 cotton and sugar score board Slide 46 Why was sugar cane grown primarily in southern Louisiana? Slide 47 Sugar cane required a longer growing season score board Slide 48 How much of all the cotton grown in the United States came from Louisiana ? Slide 49 1/6 of all of the cotton grown in the United States was grown in Louisiana score board Slide 50 Other than climate, what was the most significant difference between how cotton and sugar cane was grown? Slide 51 Cotton could be grown on smaller farms Sugar cane was only profitable if grown on a plantation score board Slide 52 What happened to cotton production between 1840-1860? Slide 53 Cotton production doubled score board Slide 54 How did legislators respond to the growing number of free people of color? Slide 55 Legislators began limiting the freedoms of free people of color score board Slide 56 What were the two largest immigrant groups in antebellum Louisiana? Slide 57 German and Irish immigrants score board Slide 58 What killed many of the immigrants that moved into antebellum New Orleans? Slide 59 Yellow Fever outbreaks score board Slide 60 What was a common complaint of the German and Irish immigrants? Slide 61 Both were criticized for drinking score board Slide 62 How were many of the slave histories passed down from one generation to the next? Slide 63 Songs and stories score board Slide 64 Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question Slide 65 What were the roles of men and women on plantations? Slide 66 Men were expected to take care of the business; Women were expected to take care of the house score board