Table of Contents

FOR THE STUDENT:

Chapter 1: Louisiana's Culture: Families and Festivals

• Section 1: What is Culture?
• Section 2: Louisiana's Festivals
• Section 3: Louisiana's Cultural Regions
• Section 4: Louisiana's People

Chapter 2: Louisiana's Geography: Rivers and Regions

• Section 1: Louisiana's Location
• Section 2: Louisiana's Waterways
• Section 3: Louisiana's Natural Regioins
• Section 4: Louisiana's Climate
• Section 5: People and the Enviroment

Chapter 3: Louisiana's Economy: Resources and Rewards

• Section 1: Basic Economic Concepts
• Section 2: Louisiana's Economic History
• Section 3: Louisiana's Resources
• Section 4: Providing Louisiana's Goods and Services

Chapter 4: Louisiana’s Government: Rights and Responsibilities

• Section 1: Democratic Government
• Section 2: Sturcture of State Government
• Section 3: Local Governments
• Section 4: Citizens and Government

Chapter 5: Louisiana’s Early People: Natives and Newcomers

• Section 1: Prehistoric Cultures
• Section 2: Historic Indian Tribes
• Section 3: Early Historic Culture

Chapter 6: Louisiana’s French Colonial Era: Struggle and Survival

• Section 1: The French Come to Louisana
• Section 2: Louisana as a Proprietorship
• Section 3: A Royal Colony Again

Chapter 7: Louisiana’s Spanish Colonial Era: Stability and Success

• Section 1: Louisiana Becomes a Spanish Colony
• Section 2: Spanish Control
• Section 3: Louisiana in the American Revolution
• Section 4: Spanish Louisiana after the American Revolution

Chapter 8: Louisiana’s Early American Era: Purchase and Pioneers

• Section 1: Louisiana Becomes American
• Section 2: Louisiana Becomes a State
• Section 3: The War of 1812
• Section 4: Growth and Progress

Chapter 9: Louisiana’s Antebellum Era: Riches and Repression

• Section 1: The People of Antebellum Louisiana
• Section 2: Antebellum Politics
• Section 3: The Antebellum Economy
• Section 4: Antebellum Life

Chapter 10: Louisiana’s Civil War Era: Crisis and Conflict

• Section 1: The Road to War
• Section 2: The War in Louisiana
• Section 3: Civilian Life
• Section 4: Wartime Governments

Chapter 11: Louisiana’s Reconstruction Era: Riots and Rebuilding

• Section 1: After the War
• Section 2: Military Reconstruction
• Section 3: The Last Years of Reconstruction
• Section 4: Rebuilding Louisiana

Chapter 12: Louisiana’s Transition Era: Populism and Power

• Section 1: Political Control
• Section 2: Segregation, Discrimination, and Conflicts
• Section 3: Economic and Cultural Progress
• Section 4: The Progressive Movement

Chapter 13: Louisiana’s Huey Long Era: Poverty and Progress

• Section 1: A Time of Changes
• Section 2: The 1927 Flood
• Section 3: Huey Long
• Section 4: The Great Depression in Louisiana

Chapter 14: Louisiana’s World War II Era: Patriotism and Prosperity

• Section 1: Louisiana in World War II
• Section 2: Louisiana's Governors
• Section 3: Postwar Changes

Chapter 15: Louisiana’s Civil Rights Era: Challenge and Change

• Section 1: Segregation
• Section 2: State Government
• Section 3: Social Changes

Chapter 16: Louisiana’s Contemporary Era: Problems and Prospects

• Section 1: Challenges
• Section 2: Louisiana's Contemporary Governors
• Section 3: Quality of Life
• Section 4: Twenty-first Century Life Styles