Famous Missourians
A famous author who wrote the Little House on the Prairie Series.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Missouri Territory requested to join the United States as a free state.
False: It requested to join as a slave state
What two Missouri cities became important for trade and the railroad after the Civil War ended.
Kansas City and St. Louis
Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition of the Louisiana Purchase for three reasons. Name two.
To report about the land
To report about the animals
Report on the Native Americans The Missouri Territory was created in 1812. The name given to the capital city was St. Louis.
Which of these came first?
A) The Missouri Territory asks Congress to become a state.
B) Robert de la Salle claims land along the Mississippi River for France.
C) The Civil War begins.
D) The United States purchased the area called Louisiana from France.
B
Author from Hannibal, Missouri wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Mark Twain
In 1803 President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million dollars.
True
More immigrants made Missouri their home.
Who were the first explorers to reach Missouri?
Which of these came second?
A) The Missouri Territory asks Congress to become a state.
B) Robert de la Salle claims land along the Mississippi River for France.
C) The Civil War begins.
D) The United States purchased the area called Louisiana from France.
D
A famous artist who worked with plants and taught farmers about crop rotation.
Thomas Hart Benton
The Missouri Compromise also created an imaginary line that divided the East and West into free and slave states.
False: North and South
What kind of mills were built in Missouri after the Civil War?
Lumber and flour mills.
Who were thought to have been the first residents of Missouri?
The Mound Builders.
Which of these came third?
A) The Missouri Territory asks Congress to become a state.
B) Robert de la Salle claims land along the Mississippi River for France.
C) The Civil War begins.
D) The United States purchased the area called Louisiana from France.
A
A famous scientist who worked with plants and taught farmers about crop rotation.
George Washington Carver
It was important to Congress to keep an equal number of slave and free states.
True
After the Civil War, Missouri began processing and shipping their own products to other states, name two of the products.
flour, lumber, beef, apples, corn and oats
Louisiana was a large area of land along the Mississippi River and was claimed by what country?
France
Which of these came last?
A) The Missouri Territory asks Congress to become a state.
B) Robert de la Salle claims land along the Mississippi River for France.
C) The Civil War begins.
D) The United States purchased the area called Louisiana from France.
C
A slave that was taken to a free area and was freed. When he returned to Missouri, his owner tried to reclaim him. He took his case to court and lost.
Dred Scott
The Dred Scott decision that the Supreme Court made helped lessen the tension and kept the Civil War from starting.
False: This decision by the Supreme Court helped start the Civil War
During the Civil War, Missouri was considered a “border state.” What does that mean?
This meant that it was a state that allowed slavery but did not leave the Union when the Civil War began.
Louisiana was a large area of land along the Mississippi River and was claimed by what explorer?
Robert de la Salle
Which state joined the Union as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise to keep the balance of the free and slave states?