Louisiana Purchase

The United States purchased Louisiana from which country?

• Africa

• Spain

• France

• Acadia

How did Lewis and Clark contribute to the development of Louisiana?

• They researched the land purchased from France

• They named the Louisiana Territory

• They caused the War of 1812

• They claimed Louisiana for France

Why was the number of people in Louisiana important to at the time of writing the constitution?

• They did not have enough people in their population so they had to convince people to move there

• They had to have a minimum population of 60,000 people to become a state

• The borders could not hold the large amount of people that immigrated to the territory

• They had to have a minimum of 40,000 French and 20,000 Spanish citizens to become a state

What is an expedition?

• a trip around the world

• a vehicle

• a vacation where you travel to a new place and visit

• a journey or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose

What was the Louisiana Purchase?

• When Louisiana purchased land from France

• When the United States purchased Louisiana territory from France

• When Spain purchased Louisiana territory from France

• When the United States purchased Louisiana territory from England

When the United States purchased Louisiana, what direction did their land expand into?

• South

• North

• East

• West

Why did the United States want to purchase the Louisiana Territory? (choose 2)

• To have control over the Mississippi River

• To trade land with Spain

• To have control over Lake Ponchartrain

• To have more land for their citizens to plant crops and live

What was the constitution?

• A written document that gave Louisiana to the United States

• a set of rules that tell you how to play a game

• a set of rules that guides how a country, or state works

• the Declaration of Independence

Louisiana was the 18th state in the United States

• True

• False

The declaration of independence was signed on what date?

• August 4

• May 4

• July 4

• June 4