Social Studies Study Guide
Chapter 6
Question 1
What was one change that took place
during the Reconstruction in Louisiana?
Answer 1
African American men could vote for the
first time.
Question 2
What is one of the last events that
happened during the period of the Civil
War?
Answer 2
Louisiana became part of the Union again
during Reconstruction.
Question 3
What important event in Louisiana’s
history happened in 1812?
Answer 3
Louisiana became a state in the United
States
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?
Answer 4
a law ending slavery in all states.
Question 5
What important event in Louisiana’s
history happened in 1849?
Answer 5
Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.
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?
Answer 6
a law ending slavery in all states.
Question 7
What important event in Louisiana’s
history happened in 1849?
Answer 7
Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.
Question 8
What happened after some Southern
states formed the Confederate States of
America?
Answer 8
Louisiana joined the Confederacy in March
1861.
Question 9
What did P.G.T. Beauregard do when the
Civil War began?
Answer 9
He became a general in the Confederate
army.
Question 10
What happened at Port Hudson,
Louisiana, in 1863?
Answer 10
Confederate and Union soldiers fought a
battle.
Question 11
What is one way the Louisiana Purchase
helped the United States?
Answer 11
It gave the United States control of trade
on the Mississippi River.
Question 12
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect
people in the United States?
Answer 12
Americans could move west to own their
own land.