Mr. E’s

Thursday,

March. 11, 2010

Louisiana

History Class

N o LaGumbo s h e e t n e e d e d

March 11, 1861 ~ In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from S.C., MS., FL., AL, GA, LA, and TX adopt the constitution of the Confederacy creating a separate nation with its own federal government and president, which guaranteed slavery.

74. Describe the changes in Louisiana’s government following the end of the Civil War.

Today’s objective: The reconstructing of Louisiana.

Practice S.S. LEAP Question

How can a judge ensure that the right of a person to a fair trial is secured?A. by selecting jurors who are notbiased about the caseB. by selecting the first jurors whoarrive at courtC. by selecting jurors who alreadyhave information about the caseD. by selecting jurors who haveenough time to hear the case

Vocabulary

Anarchy: An absence of government or a state of

lawlessness

White League: An organization established in

1874 by the Redeemer Democrats to restore

political power to prewar white Democrats.

Sharecropping: An agricultural system that developed in the South after the Civil War are a plantation provided the land, the tools, and a cabin and the works labored all year in return for a share of the profit when the crop was sold.

Vocabulary

Fact # 1

The White League – Whites began to regain

control of the state government they had before the war. One candidate even

advocated “the murder of the Republican candidates.”

By 1874 White League didn’t hesitate to use violence. Louisiana was again at the point of civil war. U.S. troops were sent to regain control.

Fact # 2

1876 Election – was again controversial. Both Republican and Democrat governors claimed victory. This time President Grant refused to send troops to settle the difference. Finally in 1877 the United States withdrew all Federal troops from Louisiana ending reconstruction – La. Was the final state released.

Fact # 3

Sharecropping – Finding workers for the neglected farms

was constant struggle. One way to

keep workers was “contracts”. Under

contracts workers were paid wages but they had to stay on a plantation for a year.

What was the difference between

‘slaves’ and ‘sharecroppers’?

Fact # 4

Credit – typically workers bought the year’s supplies on

credit. That means they agreed to pay for the items later.

Generally the store owner agreed to take part of the crop

in payment at the end of the growing season.

This became known as the crop lien system.

Fact # 5

Lagniappe – Edmund McIlhenny produced the first bottles of

Louisiana’s famous TABASCO® brand Pepper Sauce in 1868.

TABASCO has been made with just three ingredients: fully aged red peppers, Avery Island salt and

distilled high-grain natural vinegar.

Fact # 6

Entertainment – the latter 1800s included the circus in Shreveport,

riverboat races from New Orleans to St.

Louis, baseball became popular, Mardi Gras

parades began in New Orleans and other Louisiana cities.

Fact # 7

Education – got very little attention during the

latter part of the 1800s. Public schools were

open to all students – but none accepted both blacks and whites.

In parishes that whites controlled, blacks were not allowed to attend schools. Parishes were African Americans controlled the school board white parents refused to send their children to school.

Fact # 8

African-American Churches – began after years of blacks attending white churches and setting in special sections. Some A-A churches had already been established – the AA Methodist Episcopal Church. Since most slaves had been Catholic, many formed other churches – Methodist and Baptist.

Upcoming

Fri (12): Ch. 12, Populists

Mon (15): Ch. 12, Populists

Tue (16): Ch. 12, Populists

Wed (17): Ch. 13, Huey Long

Thur (18): Ch. 13, Huey Long

Fri (19): Ch. 13, Huey Long

Mon (22): Ch. 13, Huey Long