Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Jim Crow Laws" from the list below.

Laws that segregated white people from black people in public places.

Vocab: Select the correct definition of the "Share our Wealth Society."

The plan created by H.P. Long to redistribute wealth among the US's poorest

Vocab: Select the correct definition of "suffragist" from the options below.

Someone who fights for women's rights.

Vocab: What were the requirements to get a job in gov't under Jones' civil service system?

Applicants must take an entrance exam which determined their qualifications

Vocab: Who are the Long's and Anti-Longs, according to our textbook?

The Long's are Huey P. Long's supporters, the Anti-Long's don't support him

Vocab: Select the correct definition of "communism" from the options below.

A system of gov't in which citizens, not leaders, control wealth.

Vocab: Select the correct definition of "company towns" from the list below.

Towns that sprung up surrounding the timber and railroad industries.

Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Redeemers" from the options below.

Southern democrats who regained control of the south to "save it."

Vocab: What are the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Aspects of the New Deal, the plan implemented by former President FDR.

Vocab: Select the contextual definition of "segregation" from the list below.

The separation of whites and blacks in public spaces.

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Vocab: Select the correct definition of "literacy tests" from the options below.
Tests taken by all voters in the New South period to insure literacy.
Tests taken by southern blacks which often prevented them from voting.
Both diamond and circle.
Tests that whites were exempt from thanks to the grandfather clause.
2
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "poll tax' from the list below.
A tax which barred many blacks in the south from voting.
A tax on the very rich which allowed for the poor to vote.
Both triangle and circle.
A tax many sharecroppers couldn't afford to vote.
3
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Jim Crow Laws" from the list below.
Laws that caused the integration of public schools in the south.
Laws that prevented whites from attending historically black colleges
None of the above.
Laws that segregated white people from black people in public places.
4
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Old Regulars" from the options below.
None of the above.
Earl Long's supporters.
Former H.P. Long supporters.
Former Anti-Longs.
5
Vocab: Select the correct definition of the "Share our Wealth Society."
A program within the New Deal which attempted to bring the US out of the GD
None of the above.
Aspects of the New Deal, the plan implemented by former President FDR.
The plan created by H.P. Long to redistribute wealth among the US's poorest
6
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "grandfather clause" from the options below.
A clause that stated if your grandfather could vote in 1867, you could vote
A clause that stated if your grandfather could vote in 1867, you couldn't.
A clause that exempted most whites from taking literacy tests.
Both diamond and circle.
7
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "suffragist" from the options below.
Someone who fights for women's rights.
None of the above.
Someone who fights for the rights of workers.
Someone who fights for equal rights for all.
8
Vocab: Select the contextual definition of "Kingfish" from the options below.
A nickname for the Long's, H. P. Long's supporters.
None of the above.
A nickname for Huey P. Long.
A nickname for Earl Long, Huey P. Long's brother.
9
Vocab: What were the requirements to get a job in gov't under Jones' civil service system?
Applicants needed to know someone in power to even hope to be considered.
Applicants had to have not been involved in the Louisiana Scandals.
Applicants must take an entrance exam which determined their qualifications
None of the above.
10
Vocab: Who are the Long's and Anti-Longs, according to our textbook?
The Long's don't support H.P. Long, the Anti-Longs do.
The Long's are Huey P. Long's supporters, the Anti-Long's support Earl.
The Long's are Earl Long's supporters, the Anti-Long's support H.P. Long.
The Long's are Huey P. Long's supporters, the Anti-Long's don't support him
11
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "communism" from the options below.
None of the above.
A system of gov't in which citizens, not leaders, control wealth.
A system of gov't in which citizens, not leaders, control The plan H.P. Lon
A system of gov't in which leaders, not citizens, control wealth.
12
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Great Depression" from the options below.
The most significant financial crisis in world history.
Triangle and diamond.
The historical event when the stock market crashed in the late 1920's.
None of the above.
13
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "company towns" from the list below.
Towns that sprung up surrounding the timber and railroad industries.
Towns were everyone has their own business in their home.
Areas in cities where people who worked in factories lived.
None of the above.
14
Vocab: Select the correct definition of "Redeemers" from the options below.
None of the above.
Southern democrats who regained control of the south to "save it."
Northern republicans set on redeeming the south.
Southern republicans who opposed secession.
15
Vocab: What are the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps?
Aspects of the New Deal, the plan implemented by former President FDR.
Programs within the New Deal which attempted to bring the US out of the GD
Both diamond and circle.
Aspects of the Share our Wealth Society plan created by H. P. Long.
16
Vocab: How did the Higgins Boats help pull Louisiana out of the depression?
All of the above.
Because of their landing tech., the navy needed the boats in large numbers.
The navy had to invest in LA industries like timber and oil to make boats.
The boats were manufactured in LA, creating jobs for citizens.
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Vocab: Select the contextual definition of "segregation" from the list below.
The separation of whites and blacks in public spaces.
The separation of white and dark items of clothing in the laundry.
The inclusion of people of all races/religions/etc. in public spaces.
None of the above.
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Vocab: What governor was most directly involved in the Louisiana Scandals?
H.P. Long
Jimmy Davis
Richard Leche
Sam Houston Jones

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