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2nd Nine Weeks Benchmark Study Guide
1. In Louisiana in December of 1803, control of Louisiana transitioned from
to the
.
2. Circle the quote that represents the political change that occurred in Louisiana as a result of the Louisiana Purchase?
o
“to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States;”
o
“government heretofore exercised over the said Province of Louisiana, as well under the authority of Spain as of the
French republic, has ceased and that of the United States of America is established over the same;”
o
“I have therefore thought to fit issue this my proclamation…”
3. Who was William C.C. Claiborne? (Hint- the first what in Louisiana?)
4. What document did Louisiana have to create to become a state? What national document did it model this from?
5. Drag and drop the TWO events that occurred as a result of the Haitian Immigration into Louisiana.
Haitian immigrants brought cultural elements of food and
1.
religion to Louisiana
French-speaking Creoles were pleased to accept immigrants who
2.
shared their language and values.
The arrival of Haitian immigrants brought about the end of “free
people of color” in New Orleans.
The people of Louisiana rejected the influence of the Haitian
immigrants.
Immigrants to Louisiana from the United States shared similar
values and culture as immigrants from Haiti.
6. Label the following statements as true or false bout Louisiana’s Territorial Period:
 In the Territorial Period, Louisiana accepted immigrants from outside the original colony.
 In the Territorial Period, there were few conflicts between social groups.
 In the Territorial Period, the political structure of government in Louisiana remained the same.
 In the Territorial Period, Louisiana was one state within the larger Union of the United States.
7. Explain how Louisiana changed politically and socially during the Territorial Period (1803-1812) (after the LA Purchase).
Politically:
Socially:
8. Drag and drop the three FALSE statements about the Battle of New Orleans.
The Battle of New Orleans was fought between British soldiers
and Native Americans.
There were many British causalities during the Battle of New
Orleans.
The Battle of New Orleans was as deadly for American soldiers as
it was for British soldiers.
1.
2.
3.
The Battle of New Orleans was important factor in ending the
War of 1812.
The Battle of New Orleans was a success for the Americans due
to cooperation between ethnic groups.
9.
Who was Andrew Jackson and why was he famous after the War of 1812?
10.
What event eased tension between Louisiana Creoles and Americans?
11. The British began to respect the United States as an independent nation as a result of what event?
12. The Battle of New Orleans occurred during what war?
13. Place the following in sequential order from first to last:

The Treaty of Ghent is signed on December 24th, 1814 bringing about the official end of the War of 1812.

On July 9, 1863, after hearing of the fall of Vicksburg, the Confederate garrison of Port Hudson surrendered,
opening the Mississippi River to Union navigation.

Louisiana, along with other southern states, secedes from the Union, and after a short time joins the
Confederacy.

President Thomas Jefferson authorizes the purchase of Louisiana from France thereby doubling the size of the
United States.
14. Label each of the following as true or false about Louisiana’s economy during the Antebellum Period:

Louisiana’s economy was focused on exporting manufactured goods.

Louisiana’s agricultural products were rarely exported to other countries.

Louisiana had one of the largest railroad networks in the United States for the export of goods.

Louisiana had one of the most important ports in the United States for the export of goods.
15. What other important invention made it easier to ship Louisiana agricultural products to locations in the North?
16. Most money in the United States is made through agriculture or industry. Around the time of the Civil War, which of
these was the primary source of income for the South and which was the primary source of income for the North?
South:
North:
17. Which of the following is true of how the plantation system influenced the political and social lives of the people of
Antebellum Louisiana?
i.
The plantation system gave more rights to women in Antebellum Louisiana.
ii.
Free people of color were not allowed to own land or run plantations in Antebellum Louisiana.
iii.
The plantation system led to equal rights for all white landowners.
iv.
The plantation system created a rigid class structure in Louisiana with slavery at the foundation.
18. What two agricultural products (crops) would most likely be cultivated on a Louisiana plantation?
,
19. Explain how the North and South were economically interdependent during the Antebellum Era in the United States.
(What did the South do that the North needed and what did the North do that the South needed?)
20. What is the following quote talking about and who would have said this (a member of what social movement?)
“People of New-England, and of the free States! Is it true that slavery is no concern of yours? Have you no right even to protest
against it, or to seek its removal? Are you not the main pillars of it's support? How long do you mean to be answerable to God
and the world, for spilling the blood of the poor innocents?”
21. Why did Louisiana and other southern states secede from the Union?
22. Which of the following quotes best supports Lincoln’s belief that the opposition to the Union by a State was an act of
revolt?
o “in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union."
o “But if destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is less perfect than
before the Constitution,”
o “acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or
revolutionary,”
o “having lost the vital element of perpetuity.”
23. Circle the four reasons that the South seceded from the following list:
24.

the Presidential election of 1860

the economic differences between North and South

the Dred Scott Court Supreme Court Decision

the economic similarities between North and South

wars with Native American tribes

the issue of state’s rights
What does conscription mean?
25. What river did the Union focus on capturing which would divided the Confederacy in half?
26. What happened to Louisiana as a result of many soldiers serving outside of the state of Louisiana during the Civil War?
27.
Which of the following was a strength of the Confederacy compared to the Union at the start of the Civil War?
a. The Confederacy had many outstanding military leaders
b. The Confederacy was able to produce larger amounts of war supplies.
c. The Confederacy had a greater population of young men.
d. The Confederacy had more roads, canals, and railroads to transport goods and soldiers
28. The Union focused on destroying the Confederacy’s
by
making
it
difficult
for
Louisianans to conduct trade and earn profits.
29. What Union leader did the people of Louisiana dislike because of his policies when he was in charge of occupied New Orleans?
30. During Reconstruction in Louisiana, Southern Democrats created rules to limit the freedoms of former
.
31. As part of the Black Codes, it was written that all citizens must help to hand over anyone who broke the Codes to the police to
be arrested. Who might this have created tension between?
32. Label the following as true or false statements:
o
The Union Army took control of the federal government leading to military Reconstruction.
o
The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln helped lead to military Reconstruction.
o
Southern Democrats wanted to punish plantation owners.
o
Southern leaders refused to give freedmen rights which sometimes led to violence.
o
Many carpetbaggers moved south to seek power and fortune.
33. What political party was in favor of slavery and which was against it? Which of these did Louisiana model its Constitution
during Reconstruction?
34. Explain how and why laws regarding African Americans in Louisiana changed from 1865-1868.
2nd Nine Weeks Benchmark Study Guide Answer Key
1. France to the United States
2. “government heretofore exercised over the said Province of Louisiana, as well under the authority of Spain as of the
French republic, has ceased and that of the United States of America is established over the same;”
3. First American Governor
4. Constitution- modeled after the US Constitution
5. Haitian immigrants brought cultural elements of food and religion to Louisiana, French-speaking Creoles were pleased to
accept immigrants who shared their language and values.
6. True, False, False, False
7. Politically- Louisiana went from being a French territory to an American one and went from being under a monarchy to a
democracy. Socially- French creole, American, and Haitian culture blended together to form a unique culture.
8. The Battle of New Orleans was fought between British soldiers and Native Americans, The Battle of New Orleans was as
deadly for American soldiers as it was for British soldiers, The Battle of New Orleans was important factor in ending the
War of 1812
9. Andrew Jackson was an effective battle commander who succeeded against difficult odds.
10. Battle of New Orleans
11. Battle of New Orleans
12. War of 1812
13. 2nd, 4th, 3rd, 1st
14. False, False, False, True
15. Steamboat
16. South- agriculture, North- industry
17. iv
18. sugar cane, cotton
19. The south grew and shipped crops that the north could not grow and needed, while the north manufactured and sent
back goods that the south needed.
20. This quote is about slavery and an abolitionist would have said it.
21. They were worried that Abraham Lincoln would take away states’ right to decide for itself about slavery.
22. “acts of violence within any State or States against the authority of the United States are insurrectionary or
revolutionary,”
23. the Presidential election of 1860, the economic differences between North and South, the Dred Scott Court Supreme
Court Decision, the issue of state’s rights
24. Being forced to join the military
25. Mississippi River
26. Louisiana was poorly defended against the Union.
27. a
28. economy
29. Butler
30. slaves
31. Blacks and whites
32. false, true, false, true, false
33. Democrats were in favor of slavery, Republicans were against; The Constitution was modeled after the Republican party
34. Southern Democrats refused to give African American rights after the Civil War, the North reacted and changed because
of Lincoln’s assassination, there was violence towards African Americans in Louisiana, etc. Radical Republicans took over
the Louisiana government, took power away from southern Democrats, and rewrote the Louisiana Constitution to reflect
federal laws.