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I. Spanish Period
1. Put the following events in order: Louisiana as a proprietorship, becoming a Spanish colony,
becoming a French royal colony, and claiming France?
1. Louisiana claimed by France
2. Louisiana as a proprietorship
3. Becoming a royal French colony
4. Becoming a Spanish colony
2. Who was the first Spanish governor of Louisiana?
Antonio de Ulloa
3. What mistakes did Gov. Ulloa make?
Did not hold a formal flag ceremony; ruled from behind the scenes; allowed French military and Aubry
to remain; fixed prices angering merchants; did not hold a public wedding
4. Why were the merchants angry with Ulloa?
negatively affected by trade regulations
5. What event took place while Ulloa was governor of LA?
Creole Revolution
6. Who was sent to put down the Creole Revolution?
Alejandro O'Reilly
7. Why were the leaders of the Creole Revolution invited to the governor's home?
Had them arrested for treason
8. What took the place of the French Superior Council?
Cabildo
9. How did O'Reilly impact Louisiana?
guaranteeing Spanish control over the colony
10. Who was the Spanish governor during the American Revolution clearing the British away from
the Miss. River and Gulf Coast?
Bernardo de Galvez
11. How did Louisiana help in the American Revolution?
Clear the British out of the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico
12. Who was the Spanish governor that had to rebuild New Orleans after it was destroyed by fire?
Esteban Miro
13. What is the Right of Deposit?
Right to bring crops and goods down the Mississippi River and deposit in the warehouses of New
Orleans
14. Who was the Spanish governor during the French Revolution and gave the Americans the
Right of Deposit?
Carondelet
15. Who perfected a new granulating sugar process making sugarcane a popular crop in LA?
Etienne de Bore
16. Where did the Islenos come from?
Canary Islands
17. Why were the Acadians exiled?
Refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown which would force them to give up their
French language, Catholic religion and forced them to fight other French
18. Why did Acadian settlements spread west of New Orleans?
Wanted to farm, fish, and hunt unclaimed fertile Delta lands in the southwest
19. Where did the Acadians settle?
Southwest Louisiana along Bayou Teche where the lands were fertile and unclaimed
20. When did the Acadians and their culture come to Louisiana?
After the French and Indian War
21. How did Louisiana do under Spanish control?
Louisiana was more successful
II. Louisiana Purchase and Statehood
22. Why did the United States want to purchase territory in Louisiana from France?
Louisiana controlled the main transportation route to the interior of North America
23. What role did Thomas Jefferson play in the history of Louisiana?
He was the president who authorized the LA Purchase
24. What historical event led to the purchase of most of Louisiana except the Florida Parishes?
Louisiana Purchase
25. Why did Napoleon decide to sell Louisiana?
Lost St. Domingue in a slave rebellion and Yellow Fever; no longer needed it for food and
supplies
26. What role did William C. C. Claiborne play in the development of Louisiana?
He oversaw the transfer after the LA Purchase and became first governor
27. How did William C.C. Claiborne affect Louisiana history?
Encouraging Americanization
28. Why was the Sabine Strip called "no-man's land"?
only outlaws lived there
29. How did the location of New Orleans help the British?
Naval blockade the city
30. Why was the Battle of New Orleans considered unnecessary?
Fought after the Treaty of Ghent was signed
31. Who led the Americans in the Battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
32. Who led the British in the Battle of New Orleans?
Edward Pakenham
33. How did Louisiana's early state government in the Const. of 1812 differ from the state gov. of
today?
Today Citizens elect the governor; 1812: Legislature chose governor from top two chosen by
male property owners who voted
34. Which cultures influenced Louisiana's culture from 1800-1819?
French, Spanish, Americans
35. Why is the St. John the Baptist Slave Rebellion important?
Largest slave rebellion in USA
36. Who won the War of 1812?
Americans
Antebellum and The Civil War
37. During the 19th Century, why did Louisiana become more interdependent?
Louisiana's waterways made the state important for trade
38. During the Antebellum and Civil War Period, what did Louisiana focus on?
Agricultural production not industry
39. Why did Louisiana depend on food imported from other states and countries?
Many plantations specialized in cash crops
40. Why did cotton become so profitable in the 19th Century?
Louisiana's climate and soil and the Cotton Gin
41. What resource in Louisiana encouraged economic growth during the Antebellum period?
Cotton, sugarcane, and rice
42. In a plantation economy, what are resources used for ?
Agricultural production
43. What disease was caused by mosquitoes?
Yellow Fever
44. What invention allowed trade on the river in both directions?
Steamboat
45. How did Henry Miller Shreve aid Louisiana's development?
Increased the importance of the Red River by clearing it
46. What three things led to Louisiana's economic growth during the Antebellum period?
Cotton Gin, Port of New Orleans, Steamboats
47. What was one of the main reasons the nation was divided over slavery?
Arguing over the spread of slavery in the West
48. What percentage of Louisiana people owned slaves?
Less than 25%
49. Who was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
50. Why did most Louisianians want to secede?
States' Rights; control of property, society, and future
51. What country did Louisiana join?
Confederate States of America
Civil War
52. What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?
To gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
53. How was New Orleans defended?
Two forts, chains across the river, cypress rafts carrying pine knots and cotton
54. What did the Confederates do to the warehouses in New Orleans? Why?
Set fire to the supplies
55. What was the purpose of Grant's Canal?
To connect Grant to the Mississippi River bypassing Vicksburg
56. Why did Port Hudson surrender?
They learned of the surrender of Vicksburg
57. What were the goals of the Red River Campaign?
3 goals: 1. Take Shreveport; 2. Take Cotton; 3. Invade Texas; leader Banks
58. Why was the Red River Campaign a failure?
None of the goals were achieved, numerous ships were lost, thousands of soldiers died, were
wounded, or captured
59. Where did the longest siege of the final Union campaign in LA occur?
Port Hudson
60. What was one of the last Confederate victories that saved Shreveport?
Battle of Mansfield
61. What Union general was placed in charge of occupied New Orleans?
Benjamin "The Beast" Butler
62. What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To pressure the Confederates to end the war and free slaves
63. What was the result of the Emancipation Proclamation?
All slaves held in rebel-controlled territories were free; Weakened rebel forces because the
army lost the use of slave labor; encourage slaves to escape
64. What was the single greatest act of destruction of the Civil War in Louisiana?
Burning of Alexandria
65. What was one success of General Butler?
Cleaned the city
66. How did the Civil War affect LA's cotton industry?
reduced the traditional supply of labor for growing cotton
67. Why did the Confederates and the Union want to control Louisiana?
offered access to shipping routes along a major river
68. Where were most of the Civil War battles?
Major waterways
69. What was Louisiana like at the end of the Civil War?
Completely destroyed; large amount of casualties
Constructed Response: Be able to answer the following:
1. People from various locations came to Louisiana such as the French, Islenos, Acadians, Africans, etc. Choose two
and answer the following questions.
Part A: Why did this group of immigrants come to Louisiana? Explain in detail. Where did they settle in Louisiana?
• Acadians: Refused to take the oath of allegiance to the British Crown which would force them to give up their
French language, Catholic religion and forced them to fight other French; Invited by King Carlos III; Louisiana
offered a similar environment of rich farmland and waters to fish
• Settled: Southwest Louisiana along Bayou Teche where the lands were fertile and unclaimed
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• Islenos: Invited by King Carlos III; Offered free land, tools, seed, housing, and pay; Spain wanted to bring in
Spanish settlers; they settled predominantly in St. Bernard Parish
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• Africans: Brought here as slaves; many married French or Spanish and became Free People of Color; others
came with the St. Domingue slave rebellion
Part B: How did this group of immigrants contribute to Louisiana’s history and/or culture? Explain with one or more
examples.
Acadians: Contributed techiniques of fishing, hunting, farming off the land; created a style of food known as Cajun;
contributed a style of music using the accordion, fiddle, washboard, and fiddle; contributed the French language which is
now known as Cajun
Islenos: Contributed the Spanish language; sugar cane farming and cultivation; cattle farming; fishing and trapping
techniques
Africans: Contributed food techniques such as gumbo; African music especially drums; Religious ceremonies; African
names and language
2. In 1803, the United States purchased 600 million acres of land from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Part A:
Explain how this purchase benefited the United States government. Use economic concepts in your explanation.
• Needed a port west of the Ohio River and wanted the right of deposit without interference; wanted control of the
Mississippi River
Part B:
Explain how this purchase benefited Napoleon Bonaparte. Use economic concepts in your explanation.
• After losing St. Domingue, Napoleon no longer needed Louisiana to provide food and materials; Napoleon
needed money for war with Britian
Part C:
Explain how this purchase benefited American merchants. Use economic concepts in your explanation.
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American merchants now had a major river to access
they had the right of deposit
they had a port to deposit their goods that would ship them all over the world for sale
Americans now controlled the largest river in North America.
This would lead to a surplus of crops and goods and transportation
America would grow into a world trading power