Louisiana Statehood 8.7.1

Which statement best describes how the Louisiana Purchase affected the U.S.

• The LA Purchase doubled the US land area.

• The LA Purchase made France own more land in the US

• The LA Purchase allowed the US citizens to fight in wars

• The LA Purchase doubled France's land area

How did LA officially become a state in 1812?

• When Lewis and Clark returned from their expedition

• When the US purchased the Louisiana Territory from France

• When congress added Louisiana as the 18th state

• When General Wilkinson and Spain signed and agreement deciding on borders

A basic written set of principals of the government

• constitution

• laws

• rules

• Book

People who settle in an area that has no inhabitants

• settlers

• seaports

• immigrants

• influenced

A town or a city with a harbor for seagoing ships

• immigrants

• Lafayette

• colony

• seaport

Ethnic relations were difficult during the Territorial period because-

• new immigrants to the territory felt superior to slaves and free people of color

• slaves resisted to working for the new Americans

• the french speaking and English speaking residents of the territory did not get along

• the port did not allow Americans to work there

• the new governor allowed each ethnic group to set their own rules and laws

The Territory of New Orleans was established because

• Jefferson and Napoleon agreed and established it in the Treaty selling Louisiana

• We needed to define our borders from France and Spain

• the Native Americans needed to know what land still belonged to them

• there were boundary disputes that Congress had to solve

The most important factor in the population boom of New Orleans was

• the opening of the port and the jobs it provided

• Americans wanting to move to New Orleans to eat good food and party

• people wanted to move there to grow crops on the plantations

• the French and Spanish Louisianans wanted to gather and live in one place

The largest most prosperous community of free blacks in North America were the

• Anglo Americans

• Slaves in Louisiana

• Free People of Color in New Orleans

• Native Americans

Louisiana became an official state of the United States in

• 1803

• 1819

• 1804

• 1812