1. Mr. E’s Tuesday, March. 18, 2009 Louisiana History Class

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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 A-A Methodist Episcopal Church. Since most slaves had been Catholic, many formed other churches – Methodist and Baptist.

6. Explain in your own words what you believe the meaning of this recent political cartoon is about. Constructive Response LEAP Question

7. What recent events is this cartoon referring to and who do you believe it is directed towards? Constructive Response LEAP Question

8. Assignment Create a Political Cartoon of the era - On a sheet of white ditto paper, create a political cartoon about the creation of Black Churches in Louisiana and why the faithful made the changes they did. NEATNESS COUNTS – RIGHT SIZE DOUBLE COUNTS Cartoon should be BLACK INK only and MUST fill at least a 5” x 7” box. Be sure to put your name inside the cartoon box and date your work. Due Friday, Mar. 20

9. Upcoming Mon (16): Ch. 12, Populists Tue (17): Ch. 12, Populists Wed (18): Ch. 12, Populists Thurs (19): Ch. 13, Huey Long Fri (20): Ch. 13, Huey Long Mon (23): Ch. 13, Huey Long