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Mr. E’s Fri, Mar. 20, 2009 Louisiana History Class

Mr. E’s Fri, Mar. 20, 2009 Louisiana History Class. First Day of Spring. March 20, 1852 ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin Happy Birthday Maya. 65. Analyze the causes, effects, or impact of a given historical event in Louisiana  (H-1A-M3) Today’s objective:.

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Mr. E’s Fri, Mar. 20, 2009 Louisiana History Class

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  1. Mr. E’s Fri, Mar. 20, 2009 Louisiana History Class First Day of Spring

  2. March 20, 1852 ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin Happy Birthday Maya 65.Analyze the causes, effects, or impact of a given historical event in Louisiana  (H-1A-M3) Today’s objective:

  3. Practice S.S. LEAP Question 1800s. Sears, the house seller began Between 1908 and 1940, a total of 75,000 houses were mail-ordered from Sears, Roebuck Company, each selected from 447 different models offered by the company.    • Each of the houses was shipped as a “kit” in railroad boxcars. A kit contained 30,000 pieces, including tons of precut lumber, windows, doors and shingles, 750 pounds of nails, 27 gallons of paint and a 75-page instruction book. Sears estimated that the average carpenter would charge $450 to assemble a house, and any other skilled labor needed would average $1 per hour.    • Prices ranged from $600 for a five-room house, to $3,800 for a 12-room, two-story house.

  4. Jim Crow Laws -Democrats did not stop with just taking away blacks’ right to vote. They also passed laws that restricted personal freedom. The law required segregation, restricted education, along with legal and personal rights. Fact # 1

  5. Plessy v. Ferguson:An educated Creole African American in New Orleans challenged his loss of rights. Mr. Plessy, because he was so light-skinned (1/8 black), had to actually tell the train conductor he was black. He was arrested for riding in a “white” railroad car. He sued, saying the laws violated the U.S. Constitution. Fact #2

  6. Separate but Equal –In 1896 the high court upheld the Louisiana laws but legally established the Separate-but-Equal concept. The Supreme ruled that states could legally require separate facilities as long as they were “equal”. Until 1954, segregation was legal in the United States. Fact # 3

  7. Convict Lease System –Another violent aspect of Louisiana life was the CLS. After the Civil War Louisiana devised a scheme for cheap labor. Anyone who signed a contract with the state could lease prisoners for profits. Some of these men were doing the dirtiest, most dangerous work in the state. Their working conditions were brutal. Fact # 4

  8. Lumber –Huge forests in Louisiana attached outside investors in the late 1800s. Companies harvested yellow pine and cypress. The early lumber mills produced railroad ties and telephone poles. Wages for lumbermen varied from $2.50 to $10 per week. Often they were paid in scrip (paper money) only to be used in the company store. Fact # 5

  9. Oil and Gas –As the lumber industry declined, the oil industry grew bigger. The first offshore well was in Caddo lake in 1911. In 1910 Standard Oil built & completed a pipeline to Baton Rouge to carry Northwestern oil. Drillers also found natural gas while looking for oil. Fact # 6

  10. Sulphur and Salt –Other important finds in Louisiana where Sulphur deposits in western Calcasieu parish. Salt had been discovered in Iberia parish before the Civil War but mining didn’t begin until 1879. Fact # 7

  11. Transportation – Discoveries created a need for railroad transportation. Towns began to spring up along these lines – Jennings, Rayne, Vidalia, Monroe. Automobiles and airplanes were just coming in. In 1909 an automobile driver set a land speed record of 60 miles per hour. By 1916 there were nearly 9,000 autos in Louisiana. Fact # 8

  12. Automobiles and Streetcars –In 1910 airplanes began to fly across Louisiana. In races with a car, the automobile still won, driving at 57 miles per hour. Street cars began in Shreveport run by this new invention – electricity. By 1893 New Orleans had a line that charged 6 cents to ride. Fact # 9

  13. New Conveniences - • The dawn of the twentieth century brought many new inventions. • Telephones –you could call from New Orleans to Donaldsonville. • Gaslights – street lamps began in New Orleans • Electric bulbs – for a cost of $1 a month a house could have a limit of four bulbs per household • Mail service - was directly delivered to homes • Sears – began mail order houses for the masses Fact # 10

  14. Welcome to the 20th Century

  15. Mon (23):Ch. 13, Huey Long Tue (24):Ch. 13, Huey Long Wed (25):Ch. 13, Huey Long Thurs (26):Ch. 13, Huey Long Fri (27):Ch. 13, Huey Long Mon (30):Last Minute Test Tips Tue (31): Last Minute Test Tips Wed (1): LEAP test begins Upcoming

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