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Directions: Use the map and your notes from today to answer the following questions on the back of your map. Use complete sentences.

  1. How did creating the Neutral Strip help Louisiana? What problems did it cause?
  2. Was the area we live in today part of the Territory of Orleans? If not, who owned it?
  3. Why did the Neutral Strip become a place for criminals to reside?
  4. Immediately following the Louisiana Purchase what 2 areas was Louisiana divided into? Describe the location and size of each area.
  5. What were some causes of the “Culture Clash” that occurred following the Louisiana Purchase?
  6. Why did the Creoles think that statehood would be better for them than being a territory of the U.S.?

Louisiana in 1805 Map (50 pts)

1.  Top of the map write: Louisiana in 1805

2.  Using pg. 154 roughly estimate where each parish would have been located. Draw the lines in and label each parish accordingly.

3.  Label the Red River and the Mississippi River in blue. Trace the line of the rivers in blue.

4.  Label Lake Pontchartrain and shade it blue.

5.  Using the map on pg. 155, label the neutral strips with purple and yellow stripes. Shade the stripes.

6.  Using the map on pg. 155 shade the area owned by Spain in red. Be sure to shade the area on the western side of Louisiana red as well (where Texas would be).

7.  Using the map on pg. 155 shade the Territory of Orleans in green.

8.  Make a map key labeling the colors you used for: Neutral Strip, Areas owned by Spain, and the Territory of Orleans.

9.  Use the map and your notes from today to answer the questions at the bottom of your map. Answer the questions on the back of your map. Use complete sentences.