Louisiana History Study Guide PowerPoint by Mrs. Masters.

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