Transcript Louisiana History Study Guide PowerPoint

Louisiana History
Study Guide PowerPoint
by
Mrs. 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 #6
6. 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