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What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan? to gain control of the Mississippi/blockade the South and defeat the Confederacy.

Why was Lincoln’s name left off the LA ballot in 1860? Lincoln’s stand on slavery made him an enemy of Louisiana.

Which Union general was labeled “Beast” because of his treatment of the Confederates? Benjamin Butler

What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation? To pressure the Confederates to end the war and to get black soldiers to volunteer for the Northern army.

Which explains why southern states supported the institution of slavery? Their economic system was dependent on slave labor.

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise line? to provide a line of demarcation between slave and fee states

What was an abolitionist? People who fought against slavery.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act? The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what was its purpose? Harriet Beecher Stowe; to show the stark reality of slavery.

What is sectionalism? dividing the nation based on slave or free

What was the purpose of the Conscription Act passed by the Confederate Congress? How was the complaint “a rich man’s struggle but a poor man’s fight” related to the Conscription Act? set up a military draft, Draft exemptions favored upper class professionals and those who benefited from slavery.

The Union’s plan to defeat the CSA can be best described as? Blockading the South’s major ports and waterways would cripple their transportation, supplies, and economy.

Why was Louisiana a primary target for the Union? The port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River were crucial to Confederate trade and transportation.

What was the Confiscation Act? allowed Union soldiers to take possession of property belonging to Confederate supporters

What characterizes the goals of the Southern Democratic Party following the Civil War? A commitment to white supremacy and segregation between the races.

Why is Tabasco made on Avery Island ? Edmund McIlhenny grew peppers and combined them with Avery Island salt.

The period of Reconstruction in LA can be described as: Change and Violence

Which event marks the end of the Reconstruction period? federal troops withdrawn

What are the 13th-15th Amendments? 13-End Slavery 14-Civil Right for freedmen 15- Black men can vote.

What is this statement referring to? Lincoln/Johnson’s 10% Plan

Which occurred in Louisiana as a result of Johnson’s lenient Reconstruction policies? Former Confederates were able to regain control of the state legislature.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau? The purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to protect the newly freed slaves.

Which was the primary purpose of Louisiana’s Black Codes? maintaining white supremacy and control

During Military Reconstruction, what requirements had to be met before a state could adopt a new constitution and elect a new state government? ratify the 14th Amendment and register former male slaves and free men of color to vote

What does disenfranchise mean? to take away the right to vote

What was a carpetbagger? Northerners who traveled to the South during Reconstruction in search of opportunity.

What Supreme Court case established the separate-but-equal concept? Plessy v Ferguson

What was Jim Crow? Jim Crow refers to a set of laws designed to segregate African Americans and whites.

How did the Supreme Court’s Plessy v How did the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson ruling impact southern legislatures? They passed additional segregation statues.

What were the central beliefs of the post-Reconstruction Democratic Party? white supremacy, social segregation, and small government

How would you describe the LA Lottery Company’s influence over the state of LA? The Louisiana State Lottery Company was powerful and corrupt.

What was the Convict Lease System? leasing prisoners to private businesses

How did the system of sharecropping work How did the system of sharecropping work? And which describes an economic effect of sharecropping? Planters would rent a portion of their land to a farmer who promised the farmer an agreed-upon portion of the crop. Farmers were caught in a debt peonage cycle while planters profited.