Social Studies Study Guide Chapter 6

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Social Studies Study GuideChapter 6
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Question 1

• What was one change that took place during the
  Reconstruction in Louisiana?

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Answer 1

• African American men could vote for the first
  time.

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Question 2

• What is one of the last events that happened
  during the period of the Civil War?

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Answer 2

• Louisiana became part of the Union again during
  Reconstruction.

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Question 3

• What important event in Louisianas history
  happened in 1812?

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Answer 3

• Louisiana became a state in the United States

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Question 4

• In the middle 1800s the Northern and Southern
  states disagreed on any issues. What kind of law
  did many Southern states fear the United States
  government would pass?

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Answer 4

• a law ending slavery in all states.

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Question 5

• What important event in Louisianas history
  happened in 1849?

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Answer 5

• Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.

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Question 6

• In the middle 1800s the Northern and Southern
  states disagreed on any issues. What kind of law
  did many Southern states fear the United States
  government would pass?

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Answer 6

• a law ending slavery in all states.

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Question 7

• What important event in Louisianas history
  happened in 1849?

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Answer 7

• Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.

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Question 8

• What happened after some Southern states formed
  the Confederate States of America?

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Answer 8

• Louisiana joined the Confederacy in March 1861.

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Question 9

• What did P.G.T. Beauregard do when the Civil War
  began?

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Answer 9

• He became a general in the Confederate army.

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Question 10

• What happened at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in 1863?

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Answer 10

• Confederate and Union soldiers fought a battle.

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Question 11

• What is one way the Louisiana Purchase helped the
  United States?

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Answer 11

• It gave the United States control of trade on the
  Mississippi River.

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Question 12

• How did the Louisiana Purchase affect people in
  the United States?

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Answer 12

• Americans could move west to own their own land.