Mississippi Statehood

By the end of the 1700s, the population of the United States had grown to more than ___________.

• five hundred million

• five million

• five billion

• five thousand

Which countries controlled the land that the United States needed for growth?

• Louisiana

• France

• Canada

• Spain

In what year did France agree to sell the Louisiana territory?

What is true about the Louisiana purchase? (3)

• It cost the United states 15 million dollars.

• It almost doubled the size of the United States.

• It gave the United States control of the Mississippi River

• It caused the Revolutionary War.

What was the 20th state to join the union?

(Capitalization and Spelling counts)

On what day did Mississippi join the Union?

(Must use: Correct capitalization, spelling and spacing)

What was the original name of the permanent capital of Mississippi?

• Le Fluer's Bluff

• Natchez

• Columbia

Le'Fluers Bluff was changed to ________, in honor of Andrew Jackson, our nation's seventh president.

Capitalize

What was the antebellum period?

• A time of population growth and a profitable economy.

• A time to make a capital building.

• A time of War.

During the antebellum period what was king in the deep south?

• corn

• cotton

• peanuts

• Native Americans