Louisiana History Louisiana History Study Guide Study Guide PowerPointPowerPoint

Louisiana History Louisiana History Study Guide Study Guide PowerPointPowerPoint

by by Mrs. MastersMrs. Masters

Questions #1• 1. Which city was founded in 1718

and was the first capital city of the Louisiana territory?

Answer #1• 1. New Orleans

Question #2• 2. _______________ was the first

country to claim the Louisiana territory.

Answer #2• 2. France

Question #3• 3. ________________ is an

agreement or arrangement made by negotiation between two or more states or rulers.

Answer #3• 3. treaty

Question #4• France gives Louisiana to

_____________in the Treaty of Paris.

Answer #4• Spain

Question #5• Immigrants that came to the

Louisiana territory from Canada were called ______.

Answer #5• 5. Acadians

Question #66. In 1800, Spain gives the Louisiana

territory back to _______________.

Answer #6• France

Question #7• Who purchased Louisiana from

France in 1803?

Answer # 7 • 7. United States

Question #8• Why did France sell Louisiana ?

Answer #8• 8. France needed the money to

help pay for the wars they were fighting in Europe.

Question #9• What was the name of this deal?

Answer #9• The Louisiana Purchase

Question #10• 10. Louisiana was named the

_________• state in 1812.

Answer #10• 10. 18th

Question #11• 11. Who did Andrew Jackson

defeat in the Battle of New Orleans?

Answer # 11• 11. British

Question #12• 12. _____________ replaced New

Orleans as the state capital in 1849.

Answer #12• 12. Baton Rouge