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Got rid of the deduct system, reformer,

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Anti-Long: Sam Jones

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Public service commissioner, entertainer, spent a great deal of his term outside Louisiana,

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Anti-Long: Jimmie Davis, the Singing Cowboy

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repealed civil service reforms, state sales tax

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careful accounting of state spending, rejected the

order to integrate schools in 1954

Anti-Long: Robert Kennon

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African Americans back on the voting rolls, committed to a state mental hospital

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What German leader led Germany out of the

depression that plagued the country after WWI?

Adolf Hitler

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What event caused Great Britain and

France to declare war on Germany?

The German invasion of Poland

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What event in 1929 impacted the entire

world economy?

The Great Depression

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What caused economic turmoil in

Germany after WWI?

The reparations Germany had to pay

to other countries

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What event is depicted in the picture above?

The Japanese bombing of Pearl

Harbor

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What location did the army choose as the

headquarters for military training and maneuvers

in 1939?

Central Louisiana

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What were new gardens grown during WWII

called?

Victory Gardens

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What was the result of needing to supply and

feed the military during WWII?

mandatory rationing

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What was the impact of WWII on

Louisiana’s economy?

The state experienced

economic growth

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What group benefitted the most from industry

jobs in Louisiana?

African Americans

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What law gave veterans a chance to go to college after the

war?

Servicemen’s Readjustment Act

(The G.I. Bill)

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What did African Americans returning home from the war

demand?

Equality

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What world status did the United States hold

by the end of 1945?

The United States was the most powerful

country in the world

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Why did rural regions in Louisiana gain

population and strength during WWII?

These areas were used as training locations

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What did women that worked during the war

do after the war?

Most returned to being housewives and

some continued to work

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What did Truman do in 1948 to impact

Civil Rights?

He ended racial segregation in the

Armed Forces

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How was A.P.Tureaud different than the other lawyers the NACCP had

used prior?

A.P. Tureaud was African-American

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What was the impact of the Baton Rouge

Bus Boycott of 1953?

It provided a model for other civil rights

advocates around the country

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What Supreme Court case overturned

“Separate but Equal”?

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

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What event is being depicted in the Norman

Rockwell painting above?

Ruby Bridges attending a

desegregated school

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Why were many surprised that President Johnson

signed civil rights legislation?

He had always supported segregation

in the past

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What Civil Rights Act helped return African

Americans to the voting rolls and eliminated poll

taxes?

Voting Rights Act of 1965

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What was the purpose of the Civil Rights Act of

1964?

required that people be given equal access to

public facilities regardless of their race

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What Governor between 1964-72 worked hard to create a more racially

integrated state?

Governor McKeithenscor

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What Governor started pursuing the votes of African Americans in

1970?

Edwin Edwards

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Final Question

What event is depicted in the picture above?

The signing of the Civil Rights Act of

1964

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