History
Great Depression in Louisiana
Louisiana was deeply affected by the Great Depression when cotton, sugar, oil, and timber values plummeted, and the port of New Orleans experienced a precipitous decline in foreign trade.
Matthew Reonas
History
New Deal in Louisiana
Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal brought jobs and resources to Louisiana during the Great Depression.
New Deal in Louisiana
The effectiveness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in Louisiana was undercut by conflict with US Senator Huey P. Long.
History
Sharecropping
Sharecropping was a labor that came out of the Civil War and lasted until the 1950s.
History
World War I
During World War I (1914–1918), Louisiana underwent fundamental changes to its society, culture, and economy.
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