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.
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