People
Louisiana Purchase
Vocabulary
Document Based Questions
Potpourri
War of 1812
100
How did Daniel Boone help encourage settlement of the West?
He cleared a pass through the Appalachian Mountains.
100
How did Sacagawea help Lewis and Clark?
She acted as a guide and interpreter
100
A marshy body of water that connects to a lake or river
bayou
100
What do the divisions on this map represent?
the modern Louisiana parishes
100
Why was the Louisiana Constitution of 1812 published in English and French?
to reflect the territory’s European heritage
100
What activity, as shown in this image, strained relations between Great Britain and the United States prior to the War of 1812?
impressment
200
Why might the Lewis and Clark expedition have taken the longest to complete its journey? Give two correct answers.
It was the only one to reach its destination.
It had farther to travel than the other expeditions.
200
According to his correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, what resources did George Hunter hope to identify in the Louisiana Territory?
minerals such as iron
200
small districts in Louisiana
parishes
200
What geographical feature was used as the boundary between New Spain and the Neutral Ground?
the Sabine River
200
What happened to the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge? Give two correct answers.
American settlers revolted and overthrew the Spanish.
The United States annexed the region where it was located.
200
Which of the following phrases describe the “war hawks” associated with the War of 1812? Give two correct answers.
young men who had not taken part in the American Revolution
congressional politicians who wanted to enter the War of 1812
300
Who was W. C. C. Claiborne?
the first governor of Louisiana after it joined the United States
300
What major geographical feature did Lewis and Clark cross to end up in territory the United States did not yet own in 1805?
the Continental Divide
300
to take over territory
annex
300
Use the passage from George Hunter’s letter to Thomas Jefferson to answer the following question.
If the Government of the United States has a desire to explore the new acquisition of Territory called Louisiana, In order to procure general & necessary information preveous to a Treaty to fix Boundaries between us & the Dominions of Spain.
To ascertain the situation of, & circumstances relative to, those large bodies of good Land which shall appear best calculated to reimburse the purchase money of the Province, if not to discharge the Whole National Debt.
To have an accurate account of such of those natural Treasures, of Nitre, Sea Salt, Sulphur, Coal & other Minerals, Iron, Copper, Lead & other Metals as are already discovered & unappropriated, in order to their being disposed of to the best advantage for the general good.
And is inclined to accept my services to accomplish those & other objects the Government may have in view in that Country.
According to Hunter, what is the primary benefit of the Louisiana Purchase?
acquisition of natural resources
300
Why didn’t the Red River expedition reach its destination?
It was stopped by Spanish troops.
300
Who enlisted the help of servants and enslaved workers to save many government records from the White House before the British burned it?
Dolley Madison
400
Dunbar and Hunter studied the chemistry of which geographical feature?
the hot springs near the Ouachita River
400
Who explored this region? Give two correct answers.
William Dunbar and George Hunter
Thomas Freeman and Peter Custs
400
a special journey taken by a group that has a clear purpose or goal
expedition
400
Use the passage from Meriwether Lewis’s 1806 report to Thomas Jefferson to answer the following question.
I have brought with me several skins of the Sea Otter, two skins of the native sheep of America, five skins and skelitons complete of the Bighorn or mountain ram, and a skin of the Mule deer beside the skins of several other quadrupeds and birds natives of the countries through which we have passed. I have also preserved a pretty extensive collection of plants, and collected nine other vocabularies.
Why did Lewis bring these items with him?
He had been told to gather information about plants and wildlife in the Louisiana Territory.
400
How did Louisiana’s colonial government influence its state government
Its civil law system was merged with the common law system of the United States.
400
Which battle was fought after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent?
Battle of New Orleans
500
Which of the following statements describe Julien de Lallande Poydras’s role in Louisiana history? Give two correct answers.
He led Louisiana’s first constitutional convention.
He served as president of the legislative council of Orleans Territory
500
Why did William Clark include drawings such as this one in his journal? Give correct answers.
to educate people about the kinds of plants in the area he explored
to fulfill the president’s instructions about keeping detailed records of what he saw
500
the high line in the Rockies from which water flows east on one side and west on the other
Continental Divide
500
Use the excerpt from the Louisiana Constitution of 1812 to answer the following question.
Sect. 8th. 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—Electors shall in all cases, except treason, felony, breach of surety of peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at, going to or returning from elections.
Based on the excerpt, which of the following people could vote in the state of Louisiana?
a white man who owned a small farm
500
Use the excerpt from Governor Claiborne’s proclamation to answer the following question.
And I do hereby exhort and enjoin all the inhabitants and other persons within the said Province, to be faithful and true in their allegiance to the United States, and obedient to the laws and authorities of the same, under full assurance that their just rights will be under the guardianship of the United States, and will be maintained from all force or violence from without or within.
What did this proclamation promise the people of Louisiana in exchange for their allegiance to the United States?
protection of their rights
500
Which part of McCulloch v. Maryland was applicable to Gibbons v. Ogden?
the Supremacy Clause