Louisiana Facts

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Louisiana Facts
History, Symbols, Map, Cities, Culture, and
Lagniappe
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History
1803
That's about 3 cents per acre!
The Louisiana Purchase
France - Napolean
15,000,000
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Challenge
"Manifest Destiny"
This was a vision to see the U.S. boundaries
extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
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Put On Your Thinking Caps
The Port of New Orleans allowed access to the
Mississippi River which helped with trade.
Increased land and resources.
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State Symbols
"Give Me Louisiana" by Doralice Fontane
"You Are My Sunshine" by Jimmie H. Davis
and Charles Mitchell
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State Symbols
Catahoula Curr
The Honey Bee
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State Symbols
Brown Pelican
The Magnolia
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State Symbols
The Bald Cyprus
Crawfish
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Shreveport
Monroe
Natchitoches
Alexandria
Lake Charles
Lafayette
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge
New Orleans