WorksheetsU2Ch2 SG
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 10mins
What happened to the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge? Select the two correct answers.
American settlers revolted and overthrew the Spanish.
It was destroyed during an uprising led by Charles Deslondes.
The United States annexed the region where it was located.
It was sold to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
It was incorporated into the Neutral Ground between the United States and New Spain.
What geographical feature was used as the boundary between New Spain and the Neutral Ground?
the Sabine River
the Arroyo Hondo
the Gulf of Mexico
the Mississippi River
Why was the Louisiana Constitution of 1812 published in English and French?
to address shared U.S. and French control of the territory
to honor the anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase
to reflect the territory’s European heritage
to meet U.S. requirements for statehood
Based on the excerpt, which of the following people could vote in the state of Louisiana?
In all elections for Representatives every free white male citizen of the United States, who at the time being, hath attained to the age of twenty one years and resided in the county in which he offers to vote one year not preceding the election, and who in the last six months prior to the said election, shall have paid a state tax, shall enjoy the right of an elector: provided however that every free white male citizen of the United States who shall have purchased land from the United States, shall have the right of voting whenever he shall have the other qualifications of age and residence above prescribed—
a white man who owned a small farm
a white woman who owned a plantation
a white man who had lived in Louisiana for three months
a free person of color who owned an office building
What do the divisions on this map represent?
the original Louisiana parishes
the modern Louisiana parishes
the original Louisiana counties
the modern Louisiana counties
How did Louisiana’s colonial government influence its state government?
Its governors were required to be Creole until Louisiana achieved statehood.
Its civil law system was merged with the common law system of the United States.
Its legal documents, including its state constitution, were required to be in French.
Its state legislature was modeled on Spain’s government rather than the United States’.
Who was W. C. C. Claiborne?
a pirate who fought in the War of 1812
the first governor of Louisiana after it joined the United States
the leader of an uprising of enslaved people
the Louisiana delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
At which point on the timeline would the creation of the Neutral Ground be placed?
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Which of the following statements describe Julien de Lallande Poydras’s role in Louisiana history? Select the two correct answers.
He was the first governor of the state of Louisiana.
He led Louisiana’s first constitutional convention.
He negotiated Louisiana’s admission to the United States.
He served as president of the legislative council of Orleans Territory.
He determined the border between Orleans Territory and the District of Louisiana.
What did Governor Claiborne’s proclamation promise the people of Louisiana in exchange for their allegiance to the United States?
payment under the law
protection of their rights
guardianship of their land
protection from authorities
Louisiana’s features and history made its path to statehood complicated. Support or refute this claim
