1. Social Studies Study Guide Chapter 6

2. Question 1
What was one change that took place during the Reconstruction in Louisiana?

3. Answer 1
African American men could vote for the first time.

4. Question 2
What is one of the last events that happened during the period of the Civil War?

5. Answer 2
Louisiana became part of the Union again during Reconstruction.

6. Question 3
What important event in Louisiana’s history happened in 1812?

7. Answer 3
Louisiana became a state in the United States

8. 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?

9. Answer 4
a law ending slavery in all states.

10. Question 5
What important event in Louisiana’s history happened in 1849?

11. Answer 5
Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.

12. 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?

13. Answer 6
a law ending slavery in all states.

14. Question 7
What important event in Louisiana’s history happened in 1849?

15. Answer 7
Louisiana capital moved Baton Rouge.

16. Question 8
What happened after some Southern states formed the Confederate States of America?

17. Answer 8
Louisiana joined the Confederacy in March 1861.

18. Question 9
What did P.G.T. Beauregard do when the Civil War began?

19. Answer 9
He became a general in the Confederate army.

20. Question 10
What happened at Port Hudson, Louisiana, in 1863?

21. Answer 10
Confederate and Union soldiers fought a battle.

22. Question 11
What is one way the Louisiana Purchase helped the United States?

23. Answer 11
It gave the United States control of trade on the Mississippi River.

24. Question 12
How did the Louisiana Purchase affect people in the United States?

25. Answer 12
Americans could move west to own their own land.