Social Studies Final Study Guide

*This type of tax is paid by industry for taking natural resources from the land.

Severance tax

* This is usually a percentage of what your house is worth.

property tax

* These two types of taxes are amounts taken out of your paycheck by the federal government.

Social security, medicare

* This tax is a percentage amount paid for everyday items you buy.

Sales tax

* This tax is a percentage amount of money you earn each year.

income tax

* This is the year La became a state.

1812

* In what year did France claim La.

1682

* This is the year the US entered WWI.

1917

* The Civil War started in this year.

1861

* New Orleans was founded in this year.

1718

* The US entered WWII in what year.

1941

* Vermilionville was founded in this year.

1822

* The La Purchase took place in this year.

1803

* In this year the Battle of New Orleans was fought.

1815

* Vermilionville changed its name to Lafayette in this year.

1844

* What city in Louisiana host the Omelette Festival.

Abbeville

* What Louisiana city has the Frog Festival.

Rayne

* What term means the right to vote.

Suffrage

* In 1901, oil was discovered in this La city.

Jennings

* Define carpetbaggers:

Northerners who came to the South after the Civil War looking for work with a suitcase with carpet in it.

* These laws made separate but equal legal in the US.

Jim Crow laws

* The city of Mansfield host this festival.

Blueberry

* The Civil War started when the Confederates fired on this Fort.

Sumter

*this women wrote "uncle tom's cabin"

harriet beecher stowe

*a famous pirate who fought with the Americans in the battle of nola

jean lafitte

*our current louisiana governor

jeff landry

*this man cleared the log jam in the red river and has a city named after him

henry shreve

*this man became president in 1860 which led to start the civil war

lincoln

*a native american group that lived in the area which is now lafayette

attakapas

*louisiana's oldest permanet settlement founded in 1714

natchitouches

*this is how the original settlers got from asia to north america

land bridge

*name of a building in nola and the spanish legislature governing body system in louisiana

the cabildo

*this treaty led to the french leaving north america after the french and indian war

treaty of paris

*this city was built by bienville on the beautiful crescent on the mississippi river in 1718

new orleans

*this is huey long's nickname

*kingfish

*the only president from louisiana

zachary taylor

*has the nickname "bloody" after putting down the spanish rebellion in louisiana

bloody o'reilly

*this is the LeMoyn brother who is considered "father of louisiana"

bienville

*this river flows past Shreveport

red river

*this is Louisiana's climate

semi- tropical

*this is the bayou (river) Lafayette was originally settled on

the vermillion river

*this is louisiana's largest natural lake

lake pontchartrain

*this is louisiana's largest manmade lake and the 10th largest in the united states

toledo bend

*this man sold stock in louisiana and eventually led to the mississippi bubble incident

john law

*this group of people came to louisiana to farm and helped save the colony from starvation

the germans

*this is huey's brother and was governor 3 times for louisiana

earl long

*this general ordered the first shot fired to start the civil war

beauregard

*this man was the first united states person to be a louisiana governor

claiborne

*he was the president of the united states when louisiana became a state

james madison

*he sang "you are my sunshine" and built the sunshine bridge in louisiana

jimmie davis

*this man was a louisiana governor and senator before he was shot and killed

huey long

*he was the only black man to ever be governor of louisiana

pinchback

*he had a nickname of "beast" after he took control of nola during the civil war

beast butler

*the united states president that purchased louisiana in 1803

thomas jefferson

*his victory at the battle of nola helped hime become a united states president

andrew jackson

*he discovered the mississippi river and was buried there

de soto

*this was a spanish governor who won many battles during the American revolution

galvez

*he claimed all land drained by the mississippi river for france

laSalle

*a LeMoyne brother who led the french expedition to louisiana

iberville

*a priest who went with Joilet to explore the mississippi river

marquette

*how many united states senatoors does each state have in congress

two

*this united states supreme court case ended "separate but equal" laws in America

brown vs. board of education

*this country gave us outstanding leaders during their time in louisiana

spain

*this country gave louisiana the concept of democracy

america

*this country did not give up in the early years and their culture still dominates louisiana

france

*louisiana's wetlands are bring threatened by this

coastal erosian

*this river borders louisiana and texas

sabine river

*this river means "falia" and "long" in Indian language

atchafalaya river

*this is the tallest point in louisiana at 535 feet

mt. driskill

*this bayou means "snake" in Indian language

teche

*this river is a southeastern border between louisiana and mississippi

pearl river

*in 1788 and 1794, this country dealt with major fires in nola

spain

*list 15 states that were part of the louisiana purchase

louisiana, texas, arkansas, oklahoma, north dakota, south dakota, missourri, kansas, montana, nebraska, iowa, colorado, new mexico, minnesota, wyoming