Question

1.Why did the Bourbons write a new constitution in 1879?

a.Their goals were to have the new constitution revoke the Lottery Company’s charter.


b.They wrote it to limit government power and protect property owners.


c.They wanted to move the Supreme Court and extend Governor Nicholls term through a new constitution.


d.They wanted to improve schools by raising property taxes on the very rich.


2.Why did some Democrats try and protect the Lottery Company’s charter?


a.They mistakenly believed that the charter allowed the lottery to operate indefinitely.


b.They were convinced by lottery officials that the nationwide sale of tickets could profit the state.


c.They were paid by lottery officials to continue to support the lottery.


d.They were pressured by local government officials to vote for extending the charter.


3.What was the impact of Governor Nicholls’ second term?


The Lottery Company ended and the convict lease system was improved.


The convict lease system was overhauled and segregation laws were passed.


Corruption was stopped, although the Lottery Company itself continued.


The Lottery Company was forced out of operation and legislation that segregated the state was adopted.


4.Why did agricultural advancements in the 1890s cause farmers to struggle to make a living?


Farmers could grow crops easier because of the advancements, so supply grew greater than demand, causing prices to plummet.


Small rural farmers were unable to obtain the agricultural advancements because they were made available primarily to large farms.


Small farmers were unable afford to maintain the inventions, so they were only used by extremely large farms.


Farms produced huge crops, but the transportation system saw little advancement, so many rotted in the fields.


5.What were the Fusion’s goals for Louisiana?


Provide support for the industrial areas of large cities with improved roads.


Stop overspending for education in favor of improved city infrastructure.


Improve public schools, raise railroad taxes, have better government representation of all citizens, and lower interest rates.


Improve the statewide transportation system and maintain a Bourbon Democrat in power as governor.


6.Why was segregation implemented into Louisiana society in the late 1800s and early 1900s?


It created two completely independent worlds that kept blacks and poor whites from interacting at all.


It established laws that gave blacks the right to use any form of public transportation whites used.


It provided only separate schools and churches for blacks and whites.


It was initiated by private citizens free from government support to keep blacks and poor whites from participating in public events.


7.How did the Jim Crow laws support the Bourbon agenda?


They improved social relations by creating very limited segregation.


They created racial equality by demanding that segregation be equal in status and condition.


They made blacks and whites require separate laws even though they were equal.


They returned Louisiana to the pre-Civil War conditions of white superiority over blacks throughout society.


8.How did Louisiana try to attract immigrants to move to the state in the early 1900s?


The state had incentives, such as improved communications with foreign governments and state sponsored jobs for immigrants.


Private businesses established new towns, and the government conducted Immigration Conventions and advertising campaigns.


State officials worked to obtain jobs for immigrants in the lumber industry and visited other parts of the country to promote the state.


The state offered small payments to people who would relocate to Louisiana and stay for at least five years.


9.Why was there a feeling among some people that the South should diversify its economy?


They feared the South would fall behind the progressive North and appear obsolete.


They had concerns that Louisiana would be associated only with agriculture and the old plantation system.


They believed basing an economy completely on farming cotton and other agricultural crops was too unbalanced.


They felt that industry jobs gave people higher status, while agricultural jobs were hard physical work.


10.How did railroad expansion impact population growth in Louisiana?


Railroad construction brought thousands of new jobs into the state, leading to a growth in population.


Track growth was slow, and railroads failed to reach major cities, so the population grew little.


The railroad company’s advertising campaigns and transportation offers influenced people to relocate.


Large Louisiana cities were most affected because smaller places had few railroad routes.

Answer 1

Answer: to limit the power of government and protect property owners

Step-by-step explanation:

The Bourbons Democrats are Democrats who held political power in Louisiana in the late 1800s, they supported state's right and white supremacy and did not see a need for any change. Bourbons were often seen as being wealthy but uncaring for others especially the poor, so the bourbon Democrats considered themselves southern gentlemen who do not want any change in Louisiana and believe in state's right and being Superior to former slaves.

The Bourbon Democrats pushed for the 1879 constitution to limit the powers of the government so as not to create an enabling equal environment for both citizens of white and black race. Because they oppose equality of political and social structure for non-whites and pinned for a return to the sort of subservient labor force that the agatrian elite white had under slavery. They reduce the term for the governor to one term because they feared for the good intentions of the then Governor Francis Tillou Nicholas, who is a moderate and Confederate war hero that had high ideals, worked to get wealthy citizens to pay their property taxes, and tried to clean up the corrupt Louisiana lottery company

They intend to limit Government power with the 1879 constitution and protect property owners such as the Louisiana company by reducing their tax burdens, and also balanced the budgets by reducing investment in infrastructure such as leeves, Roads, railroads, and social services like education, they feared that education for the masses comprising of non-white who they considered cheap labor supply for agriculture would disrupt steady supply of cheap agricultural labor particularly in rural areas thereby limiting what the government can do