Early Residents
Mound Builders
Thomas Jefferson
Before it was a state, Missouri was a
Territory
Dred Scott was a ______________
slave
States that allowed slavery but did not leave the union many battles happened here
The first two explorers to come to Missouri were
Louis Joliet and Jacque Marquette
Louisiana was bought for this much money
$15 million
Missouri was not allowed to be a state at first because it wanted to come in as a ______________ state
slave
Why did he think he should be free?
He was taken to a state where slavery wasn't allowed.
I wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
When the United States bought that large piece of land, it was called
The Louisiana Purchase
This was the document that was written to make Missouri a state
The Missouri Compromise
Where did he take his case?
court
I wrote Little House on the Prairie
Laura Ingles Wilder
Louisiana was named after whom?
King Louis of France
After the Louisiana Purchase, the president sent these two men to explore the land and report back
The Missouri Compromise said that Missouri could come in as a slave state if which state came in as free
Maine
What was the decision of his case?
slaves were not citizens and couldn't sue
the Missouri Compromise was not good anymore
I painted murals
Thomas Hart Benton
France gave Louisianna to who for a little while before taking it back
Spain
What three things?
Land
Native Americans
Animals
What did the imaginary line drawn by the Missouri Compromise say?
states in the north = no slaves
states in the south = could have slaves
The Dred Scott decision caused the North and South to become angry and this led to the
Civil War
I was a scientist who studied plants and taught farmers new things
George Washington Carver