Antebellum Politics
VS
• every election focused on the Americans
________
versus the _________
Creoles
Factions formed across the state (small
• _________
groups with common _______)
goals
North
• settlers in _________
LA believed they were
being ___________
neglected
– more people, should have been more
representatives
______________
reapportioned so they
– districts were not ______________
were not ________
represented
fairly
A CLASH OF CULTURES
• Supposedly the _____________
and
Americans
_____________had
informally agreed to
Creoles
__________
alternate governors
• Began with _____________
(American)
Claiborne
and followed by ______________(Creole)
Jacques Villere
• Conflicts began to increase with the third
governor, who was American, and
resulted in more power struggles
William Claiborne
Born: 1775 in Sussex County, near
Richmond, Virginia
Political Affiliation: DemocraticRepublican
JACQUES VILLERE
born in St. John's Parish,
Louisiana on April 28, 1760
Legislature
• _______________
reflected these
power struggles
American
• ______________
legislatures objected
to meeting in ______________
because
New Orleans
it was the center of Creole
_________ power
West Florida Region
(wanted in the ____________________
– Anglos)
A NEW CAPITAL
Johnson
• Governor _________
led the legislature
to compromise on moving the capital
Donaldsonville
to __________________
one term,
– Legislature met here for ______
complaining the town was _________
too small
– By next term they were back in
New Orleans
__________________
• 1849 – ___________
succeeded in
Americans
moving the capital to _______________
Baton Rouge
POLITICAL PARTIES
national politics
• Louisiana’s interest in ________
Jacksonran for president
grew whenAndrew
____________
Jacksonian
– His way of politics was called __________
democracy and it appealed to many
Common
– He was the candidate of the “_______
Man
________”
and believed that all people
had the right to participate in
government (wanted suffrage extended)
– his followers called themselves the
________________ ,shortened to
Democratic-Republicans
Democrats
________________
• 1828- many states had extended suffrage to all
white males over 21
• Whig Party – created in 1830s to oppose Jackson
– Many Creoles joined the Whig Party
– Henry Clay of Kentucky was a leader and
supported protective tariffs to keep out foreign
competition
– LA sugar planters became part of the Whig
Party - Alexander Porter was their leader
– National conflicts over slavery helped end the
Whig Party
• New party formed – American Party
– Opposed immigrants and Catholics
– Became known as “Know-Nothings”
– Blamed immigrants for unemployment
in the US, wage cuts, violence among
workers in port of New Orleans
• Political campaigning added to the social
life and entertainment during the
antebellum period
A NEW CONSTITUTION
• the Panic of 1837 showed the constitution
needed economic and banking controls
• constitution of 1845 was more democratic
– there was a battle over how the people
should be represented
– the compromise was that in the House
of Representatives, it was based on the
number of registered voters and in the
Senate, the total population
• constitution of 1852
– representation was now based on
total population, including slaves, in
both houses of the legislature
– loosened banking regulations to
promote an economic growth
PRESENTATION
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convey the big ideas,
important bits of information,
to your peers
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