
1.8 d. New State Capitol
The current Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest capitol building in the United States.
The current Louisiana State Capitol is the tallest capitol building in the United States.
The accordion and rubboard are the lead instruments in this musical form.
New Orleans is the birthplace of the large, round sandwich known as the muffuletta.
This historic building in New Orleans has played an important role in Louisiana’s government and is now a museum.
People of the Plaquemine, Caddo, and Mississippian cultures lived in Louisiana between 300 and 800 years ago during a time known as the Mississippi period.
People from the Clovis culture and San Patrice culture were some of Louisiana’s earliest inhabitants.
Poverty Point in Louisiana, one of the most significant archaeological sites in in the world, dates to 3,500 years and represents the largest, most complex settlement of its kind in North America.
During the Archaic period, people from the Evans culture built large mounds made of dirt.
The Acadians, ancestors of present-day Cajuns, were people of French ancestry who settled in what is now Canada before migrating to Louisiana.
Known today as Isleños, Canary Islanders migrated to southeast Louisiana in the late eighteenth century.
The Treaty of Fontainebleau shifted ownership of western Louisiana and New Orleans from France to Spain during the French and Indian War.
In colonial Louisiana free people of color developed thriving communities and had access to privileges that enslaved people did not.
The Shreve Town Company was a business venture that led to the establishment of what is today known as Shreveport, the largest city in northwest Louisiana.
The election of Abraham Lincoln and threats to slavery’s expansion were two major factors in Louisiana’s decision to leave the Union.
After the Louisiana Purchase, lawmakers passed numerous restrictions against free people of color, though they still experienced some economic gains and opportunities.
Caesar Carpentier “C. C.” Antoine served as Louisiana’s lieutenant governor from 1873 to 1877.
While the oil and gas industry has helped grow Louisiana’s economy, it has also created significant environmental challenges.
After the Civil War, African Americans gained some political rights and power before having them taken away again during the era of Jim Crow laws and segregation.
The term “Longism” refers to both the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey P. Long Jr. from the time he was elected governor in 1928 until about 1960.
The effectiveness of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program in Louisiana was undercut by conflict with US Senator Huey P. Long.
The French Civil Code of 1804 standardized civil law in France, becoming a model legal framework for jurisdictions around the world, including Louisiana.
This distinct form of government exists in more than half of Louisiana’s parishes.
The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is the largest of four federally recognized tribal governments in Louisiana.
The Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is one of only four American Indian groups in Louisiana recognized by the federal government.
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