Leap Prep 2- Early People- Antebellum Period

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Early History
of Louisiana

and it’s Native

People

01

Indigenous People and their
Contributions to Louisiana

Native American groups made significant contributions to the development of
Louisiana, particularly Poverty Point as a cultural capital for the region,
advanced early civilization, and center of a trading network.

Poverty Point is an archaeological site located in northeastern Louisiana that
dates back to the Late Archaic period (around 1700 BCE). It is known for its
complex geometric earthworks, including six concentric ridges and a central
plaza, which were used for a variety of purposes, including ritual and
ceremonial activities. This site is considered one of the earliest examples of a
complex civilization in North America and is a testament to the advanced
engineering and planning skills of its inhabitants.

Multiple Choice

Poverty Point was very important because it was located near what?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Lake Pontchartrain

• Sabine River

• Mississippi River

Multiple Choice

How did the people of Poverty Point get the rocks they needed?

• digging in the dirt

• from the ocean

• trading

• going rock hunting

Multiple Choice

In what part of the state is Poverty Point located?

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Northwest

Multiple Choice

What is an object made by a human being that shows us about past cultures and history?

• Barter

• Plummet

• Artifact

• Mound

Multiple Choice

What protected the Poverty Point site from flooding?

• a natural bluff/ridge where the site was built

• a large drainage ditch dug around the site

• a long wall of levees

• a large hill between the site and the river

Multiple Choice

What makes Poverty Point's location important?

• the availability for trade

• the natural resources located in the area

• it's location along the Mississippi River

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Poverty Point was built around a central plaza that may have been used for trade, ceremonies, and settlements.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Poverty Point is famous for...

• Rivers

• Boats

• Mounds

• Grass

Multiple Choice

How were Native Americans able to travel great distances?

• Rivers

• Cars

• Planes

• Trains

Multiple Choice

How do we know the Poverty Point Indians traded with other tribes?

• They wrote letters to their other Native American friends.

• They gave other Native Americans hand woven baskets and beads.

• Artifacts were found at Poverty Point that were made from materials not found in Louisiana.

• They have the largest mounds found in North America.

Historical Native American
Tribes

The Native American groups in Louisiana, including the Caddo,
Houma, and Natchez, were known for their sophisticated social and
economic systems. These groups were expert traders and established
extensive networks that connected the Gulf Coast to the Midwest and
beyond. They traded in a variety of goods, including salt, pottery, shell
ornaments, and copper, which were highly prized commodities. Their
trading networks played a significant role in the economic
development of the region and helped to establish Louisiana as a
center of commerce.

Multiple Choice

Which of the tribes present when the French came to Louisiana no longer exists as a tribe?

• Caddo

• Houma

• Natchez

• Tunica

Multiple Choice

Which continent do scientists believe the first people came from to reach North America?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

Multiple Choice

Which tribe greeted French explorer Robert Cavelier de La Salle?

• Caddo

• Chitimacha

• Houma

• Natchez

Multiple Choice

When Europeans came to the area, what was the second largest tribe in the southeastern United States?

• Caddo

• Choctaw

• Coushatta

• Cherokee

Early

European

Explorers and

Colonial La

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about Hernando de Soto's relationship with the Native Americans?

• He was very friendly with them.

• He forced them into slavery.

• He did not see any Native Americans.

• He only traded with them.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was an accomplishment of Hernando de Soto?

• He found a Northwest Passage.

• He discovered the Caribbean.

• He was the first European to see the Mississippi River.

• He found new land for England.

Multiple Choice

French explorer who explored the Mississippi River and claimed Louisiana for France

• Louis Jolliet

• Jaques Marquette

• Pedro Menendez de Aviles

• Robert La Salle

Multiple Choice

French missionary who explored the Mississippi River

• Louis Jolliet

• Robert La Salle

• Jacques Marquette

• Junipero Serra

Multiple Choice

French fur trader who explored the Mississippi river with six other French adventurers

• Louis Jolliet

• Pope

• Robert La Salle

• Jaques Marquette

Multiple Choice

a stream or river that flows into a larger river

• presidio

• reservation

• plantation

• tributary

Multiple Choice

French explorer of the Mississippi River who claimed the Mississippi River Valley, Louisiana

• Louis XIV

• Louis Jolliet

• Robert La Salle

• Jacques Marquette

Multiple Choice

a place where the French and Native Americans met to trade goods

• presidio

• colony

• trading post

• empire

Multiple Choice

Who is sometimes called the Father of New Orleans? 

• Colombus

• de Soto

• Beinville

• LaSalle

Multiple Choice

What were one of the advantages of New Orleans' location? 

• Easy to trade

• hard to trade

• Straight waterways

• Friendly neighbors

Multiple Choice

The first settlement Iberville established in Louisiana was:

• Mobile

• Fort Maurepas

• New Orleans

• Lake Charles

Multiple Choice

DeSoto saw it first. LaSalle followed it. Bienville built a city on it. What is it?

• Louisiana

• Native Americans

• The Acadians

• The Mississippi River

Multiple Select

Which of the following were early settlements of Louisiana? SELECT ALL THAT APPLY.

• Fort Louis

• Fort Jackson

• Fort Maurepas

• Ship Island

• Baton Rouge

Multiple Choice

What unique geographical aspect brought people to Louisiana?

• location on to the Gulf of Mexico

• the Mississippi River used for transporting goods

• the rich resources

• all of these

Multiple Choice

When was New Orleans founded, by whom, and for whom was it named?

• It was founded in 1718 by Bienville and was named for the Duke of Orleans, the regent from King Louis XV.

• It was founded in 1812 by Iberville and was named for the Duke of Orleans, the regent from King Louis XV.

• It was founded in 1777 by Cadillac and was named for the Duke of Orleans, the regent from King Louis XV.

• It was founded in 2022 by Musso and was named for the Duke of Musso, the regent from King Musso XV.

Multiple Choice

Why is a certain location on the Mississippi River known as "English Turn"?

• It is the place Iberville unexpectedly came upon a Spanish vessel sailing up the Mississippi. He ordered them to depart or face the English fleet waiting north. This was a bluff but the French believed him and turned around at this point.

• It is the place LaSalle unexpectedly came upon an English vessel sailing up the Missouri. He ordered them to depart or face the French fleet waiting north. This was a bluff but the English believed him and turned around at this point.

• It is the place Bienville unexpectedly came upon an English vessel sailing up the Mississippi. He ordered them to depart or face the French fleet waiting north. This was a bluff but the English believed him and turned around at this point.

• A place where sailors remembered they forgot their car keys and turned around only to remember again that they were on a boat and didn't need them. Silly English.

Multiple Choice

Who was the first French explorer who set foot on the mouth of the Mississippi in present day Plaquemines Parish, claimed the land for France, and named it Louisiana after King Louis XIV?

• LaSalle

• Bienville

• Iberville

• Le Jacque Strappe, sieur du L'Undurponts

Multiple Choice

Which 2 European rivals posed a threat to France's claim of Louisiana?

• Dutch and French

• France and Spain

• Spain and England

• England and Native Americans

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TREATIES

Multiple Choice

What behind-closed-doors treaty transferred Louisiana from France to Spain in exchange for military aid and money BEFORE the end of the French and Indian War?

• Fontainebleau

• Louisiana Purchase

• Paris

• Pinckney's

• San Ildefonso

Multiple Choice

Which treaty ended the French and Indian War, giving Britain the lands east of the Mississippi River (except New Orleans)?

• Fontainebleau

• Louisiana Purchase

• Paris

• Pinckney's

• San Ildefonso

Multiple Choice

Which treaty gave the Louisiana Territory and the Floridas from Spain to France in exchange for a small kingdom in Italy for King Charles IV's son-in-law?

• Fontainebleau

• Louisiana Purchase

• Paris

• Pinckney's

• San Ildefonso

Multiple Choice

Which treaty gave the Louisiana Territory to the United States from Napoleon, the French First Consul, for $15 million?

• Fontainebleau

• Louisiana Purchase

• Paris

• Pinckney's

• San Ildefonso

Multiple Select

The Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 granted America with the...

• right of deposit in Baton Rouge

• right of deposit in New Orleans

• right of navigation of the Mississippi River

• right of navigation of the Ohio River

Multiple Select

Why did Napoleon Bonaparte want the colony of Louisiana as part of his empire? Select all that apply.

• Louisiana could be used as a base for attack on the British to regain Canada.

• Louisiana had an abudance of resources for the French empire, like lumber, flour, salt, and other foods.

• The Port of New Orleans was a major trade port that had 1 million dollars worth of goods flowing through it each year.

• Louisiana would supply all of the needs for St. Domingue, the largest sugar-producing and most profitable of the Caribbean islands.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a geographic advantage of the United States purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• Owning the Louisiana Territory would allow the United States to attack British holdings in Canada.

• Owning the Louisiana Territory would fulfill the United States' Manifest Destiny.

• The Mississippi River is a major trade route.

• The Port of New Orleans trades over $1 million in goods each year.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an economic advantage of the United States purchasing the Louisiana Territory?

• Owning the Louisiana Territory would allow the United States to attack British holdings in Canada.

• Owning the Louisiana Territory would fulfill the United States' Manifest Destiny.

• The Mississippi River is a major trade route.

• The Port of New Orleans trades over $1 million in goods each year.

Multiple Select

Why did Napoleon decide to sell the Louisiana Territory to the United States? Select all that apply.

• He needed money for his impending war with Spain.

• He lost St. Domingue in the Slave Revolt, so he no longer needed Louisiana to provide goods for St. Domingue anymore.

• Louisiana was too expensive to protect because it was such a small amount of land.

• He needed money for his impending war with Britain.

• He wanted to pit Spain and the United States against each other in a war over boundary lines.

MID-CLASS QUIZ

Push
and Pull
Factors

Multiple Choice

Pull factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country.

• reasons people leave an area

• reasons that drive a person out of their country

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a Pull factor?

• freedom

• entertainment wealth

• entertainment

• poverty

Multiple Choice

Push factors are....

• good things that draw a person to another country

• reasons that drive a person out of their country

• reasons people migrate to a new area

Multiple Choice

Juan decides to move to the United States because he is a carpenter and there is a high demand for those type of jobs.

• Push

• Pull

Multiple Choice

Better education- provision is better and more accessible is a .....

• push factor

• pull factor

Multiple Choice

 Opportunity to make more money is a .....

• push factor

• pull factor

What were the similarities and
differences between French
Colonial Louisiana and Spanish
Colonial Louisiana?

Similarities

1. Both the French and the Spanish established their

colonies in Louisiana to exploit the natural resources of
the region, such as furs, timber, and minerals.

2. Both colonies relied heavily on trade with Native

American tribes for survival and economic prosperity.

3. Both the French and Spanish colonies faced challenges

from other European powers, particularly the British.

French Colonial LA

1.The French colony was established in 1682,

2.

The French colony had a greater emphasis
on the fur trade

3.

The French colony was primarily settled by
Frenchmen– remember NOBODY was trying
to come to Louisiana like that under the
French, remember they didn’t have money,
no colonists, nothing who would want to
come here?

4.

The French had a more laissez-faire attitude
towards their colony, allowing for a greater
degree of autonomy among settlers–
basically do what you want.-- think about
how the creoles reacted when the Spanish
came with rules.

Spanish Colonial La.

1.Spanish colony was established in 1762 after the
French ceded the land to Spain as a result of the
Seven Years' War.

2.

the Spanish colony focused more on agriculture
and ranching.

3.

the Spanish colony had a more diverse
population, including French, Spanish, African,
and Native American people. (remember the
Spanish were actively INVITING people over)
((pull factors- land grants, free land, money)

4.

the Spanish were more centralized in their
administration of Louisiana.

5.

Spanish colony was more religious, with the
Catholic Church playing a central role in the lives
of its inhabitants.

Open Ended

What were some similiarities and differences of French Colonial La and Spanish Colonial LA, which would you have wanted to live in?

Antebellum

Louisiana

(period BEFORE the Civil War)
Period after War of 1812 and

before civil war

(1812-1865)

Multiple Choice

putting the interests of a region/state above the country as a whole

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• patriotism

• pacifism

Multiple Choice

Differences between the regions in the 1800's were mainly regarding ___

• economics

• politics

• religion

• transcendentalism

Multiple Choice

What is the economy of the South?

• trading and fishing

• mining & small farming

• industry & manufacturing

• plantations & slavery

Multiple Choice

Freedmen could own property, but enslaved African Americans had ...

• no rights at all

• the right to own property as well

• the right to vote

• citizenship

Multiple Choice

The Fugitive Slave Law was passed under which law?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Tariff of 1828

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which state seceded first?

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• New York

• Texas

Multiple Choice

Why was cotton referred to as "King" by the 1830s in America?

• The growing of cotton had arisen from a command by King William IV of England

• Cotton was a multi-purpose product that boosted the supply of food, clothing, and building materials

• Cotton production represented the United States' number one commodity for domestic use and export

• High levels of cotton was grown in every section of the U.S., North, South, and West

Multiple Choice

According to the 1860 census, the American economy had greater total investments in ____________ than in any other commodity.

• railroads

• banks

• factories

• slaves

Multiple Choice

One effect of the rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery was-

• the formation of the Whig Party

• increasing tensions between the North and South

• an end to the conflict over the extension of slavery in the territories

• a permanent compromise between the North, South, and West

Multiple Choice

The climate and topography of the Southeastern United States had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region-

• developed as the largest domestic source of steel production

• became the center of commerce and manufacturing

• was the area in which most immigrants chose to settle

• grew agricultural products that encouraged the continuation of slavery

Multiple Choice

Who invented the "Cotton Gin"?

• Eli Whitney

• Andrew Jackson

• Alexander Granbell

Multiple Choice

Before the invention of the "Cotton Gin", how did Enslaved workers clean the seed from the cotton?

• they used a Rake

• soaked the cotton in oil to seperate

• By hand

Multiple Choice

Why was the Cotton gin Invented?

• to speed up the process of seperating the cotton seed from the cotton

• to attract more slaves to work on the plantations

• to be famous

Multiple Choice

The Cotton gin enabled a worker to clean __________ times more cotton than cleaning by hand.

• 5 times

• 15 times

• 7 times

• 10 times

Multiple Choice

"True or False" ( the invention of the cotton gin reduced the need or want for more slaves)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What was the "Negative" effect of the Cotton Gin"?

• Spurred a huge growth in cotton planting.

• Cause a mini civil war

• The machine would always break down

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Why did Plantation slave owners want to expand slavery with the invention of the cotton gin?

• to create more Slave states for power in congress

• For Huge Profits

• To be able to capture more runaway slaves

Multiple Choice

With the invention of the Cotton Gin, the South produce 3 million Lbs of cotton in 1792, in 1797 they produced 11 million Lbs. Thats a 5 year difference.

Question- how many pounds per year was produced '" you will have 5 minutes to answer this question"

• 1. 6 million per year

• 1 million per year

• 2 million per year

• 1.5 million per year

Multiple Choice

Which describes the group known as the “foreign French”?

• Acadian immigrants beginning in the 1820's

• immigrants from France beginning in the 1820's

• Acadian immigrants before the American Revolution

• immigrants from France before the French and Indian War

Multiple Choice

What is universal manhood suffrage?

• granting voting privileges to all men

• granting voting privileges to all free white men

• granting voting privileges to all men and women

• granting voting privileges to all free white men and women

Multiple Choice

What effect do protective tariffs generally have on the price of goods?

• They raise the price at which exported goods are sold to other nations.

• They raise the price of imported goods above those same goods produced in the United States.

• They raise the price of goods sold in the United States above the price that they are sold to other nations

• They raise the price of goods produced in the United States above those same goods imported from other nations.

Multiple Choice

Which happened as a result of the invention of the steam boat?

• Private investors began constructing canals in order to collect tolls from users.

• Louisiana’s population decreased as many people moved north along the Mississippi River.

• Water travel became less effective than railway travel due to overcrowded waterways.

• The state legislature stopped spending money on the development of Louisiana’s railway system.

Multiple Choice

Which explains why Louisiana invested in railroad development during the antebellum period?

• Railroads were safer and more reliable than water or road travel.

• Using waterways to transport goods was too dangerous and unpredictable.

• Louisiana’s waterways were overcrowded with steam boats, slowing the transportation time of goods.

• They hoped to connect to business centers in other states and create more business opportunities for the state.

Multiple Choice

Which was a result of ethnic tensions in New Orleans during the antebellum period?

• Creoles left the city and relocated to Baton Rouge.

• New Orleans stopped allowing immigrants to settle in the city.

• The French Quarter became a city independent of New Orleans.

• Governance was split and separate districts were formed within the city.

Multiple Choice

How were the Acadian migration and the foreign French migration similar?

• Both groups were fleeing religious persecution and seeking freedom.

• Both groups were attracted to Louisiana because of cultural similarities.

• Both groups were attracted to Louisiana because of its booming economy.

• Both groups were fleeing widespread disease and famine in their homelands

Multiple Choice

What aspect of Louisiana's geography allowed for profitable production of cotton and sugar?

• Excessive humidity and rain kept soil moist for easy plowing of the fields for planting

• Large amounts of open land and warm weather made the perfect climate for cultivating the crops

• Extremely hot temperatures made cotton and sugar crops grow quicker

• Bodies of water made it easy to water the crops on the plantations

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the economic legacy of the Antebellum Era on Louisiana?

• The economic legacy of the Antebellum Era is the large number of factories and industries developed to produce oil.

• The economic legacy of the Antebellum Era is the large amounts of railroads built and the cities that developed around those railroad hubs.

• The economic legacy of the Antebellum Era is slave economy developed on plantations and the agricultural path it set for Louisiana.

• The economic legacy of the Antebellum Era economy involving innovative technology, shipping, and the logging industry.

Multiple Choice

These were used to take away the rights of African Americans in the South after the Civil War.

• Amendments

• White Codes

• Black Codes

• Civil Rights