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- 1. Multiple Choice
City that became one of the nation's largest and most economically important ports
Baton Rouge
Shreveport
New Orleans
Monroe
- 2. Multiple Choice
Major cash crops during the Antebellum period in LA
Sugar, Corn
Corn, Cotton
Cotton, Indigo
Cotton, Sugar
- 3. Multiple Choice
System of transportation relied upon during the Antebellum period
Air
Land -- Horse/Carriage
Land -- Railroad
Water routes
- 4. Multiple Choice
Type of boat designed during Antebellum Period that revolutionized transportation
Flat boat
Keel boat
Steamboat
Cruise Ship
- 5. Multiple Choice
This crop is primarily grown south of Alexandria in Louisiana.
Cotton
Corn
Sugar
Soybeans
- 6. Multiple Choice
Plantation labor system was shaped around what type of labor?
indentured servant labor
immigrant labor
slave labor
native american labor
- 7. Multiple Choice
Invention that ended the decline in slavery and caused it to explode in number
Electricity
Steamboat
Cotton Gin
Mechanical Reaper
- 8. Multiple Choice
Describe the relationship between cotton production and slavery
Where cotton production is highest, slavery population is highest
Where cotton production is lowest, slavery population is highest
Where cotton production is highest, slavery population is lowest
There is no direct relationship between cotton and slavery
- 9. Multiple Choice
The capital of Louisiana moved from New Orleans to this city in 1846.
Donaldsonville
Shreveport
Houma
Baton Rouge
- 10. Multiple Choice
How did the steamboat revolutionize water travel in Louisiana?
Faster, could operate in shallow and deep water
Operated strictly in the deep water of the Mississippi River
Was far safer than flat-boats
Could only travel down river
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