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Arkansas History Chapter 4 Review Part II
Test Description: From a Territory to a State
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Before an official capital building was constructed, leaders gathered in private homes or rustic cabins with leaky roofs.
A
True
B
False
2) Which of the following is NOT true of travel in Arkansas Territory?
A
as trails widened into roads, stagecoaches began carrying people and mail with much less difficulty
B
early settlers struggled to move about in the vast wilderness
C
thick forests and rugged swamps made it hard to get from place to place
D
railroads were the main form of transportation in territorial Arkansas
3) What was the first steamboat to travel up the Missippi and Arkansas rivers from New Orleans to Arkansas Post?
A
the War Eagle
B
the Arkansas
C
the Natchez
D
the Comet
4) What was one of the biggest challenges facing Arkansas during its territorial years?
A
getting rid of criminals and outlaws who used the region to hide from the law
B
traveling up and down area waterways in steamships
C
dueling between political rivals
D
building enough railroads to connect all of the towns in the territory
5) Who was one of the msot notorious criminals of this time whose gane robbed and killed throughout Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee
A
William Woodruff
B
James Miller
C
Robert Crittenden
D
John Murrell
6) Who was the last territorial governor of Arkansas?
A
William Fulton
B
Robert Crittenden
C
James Miller
D
William Woodruff
7) Which of the following is NOT a reason why Governor Fulton believed the territory wasn't yet ready for statehood?
A
once it became a state, Arkansas would lose federal funding for many important improvements
B
the crime right and number of outlaws in the territory was too high, and he did not have a big enough police force
C
he did not think Arkansas could collect enough taxpayer money to replace the federal money they were getting as a territory
8) Which of the following is NOT a reason why northern politicians delayed the approval of Arkansas' state constitution?
A
they did not want more Democrats who would support Andrew Jackson and his policies
B
Arkansas would enter as a slave state
C
they believed Arkansas had too big of a problem with outlaws and it was still too wild
9) Which state was admitted as a free state at the same time as Arkansas?
A
Missouri
B
Michigan
C
Ohio
D
Minnesota
10) Arkansas became the 25th state on June 15, 1836
A
False
B
True
11) What are the 40 years before the Civil War began often called?
A
the pre-war years
B
the Old South years
C
the Union years
D
the antebellum years
12) How did the general assembly address the problem of Arkansas not having enough money to run the state and pay for its most basic services.
A
they raised taxes
B
they deported outlaws
C
they asked the federal government for more money
D
they established two banks
13) What became the first bank to serve the needs of the state and to encourage new business activity?
A
the First National Bank
B
the Real Estate Bank of Arkansas
C
the Bear State Bank
D
the Bank of Arkansas
14) What types of people did the REal Estate Bank of Arkansas serve the needs of?
A
poor people
B
outlaws and bandits
C
weatlhy planters
D
politicians
15) Eventually, citizens accused both banks in Arkansas of currption which caused them to close.
A
False
B
True
16) Which two Arkansas legislators got into a knife fight while debating a bill that would allow the state government to accept payment in wolf hides?
A
Colonel John Wilson and Major J.J. Anthony
B
Henry Conway and Robert Crittenden
C
Ambrose Sevier and William Woodruff
D
J.J. Anthony and Henry Conway
17) What did President Andrew Jackson believe about Indians?
A
they were slowing the progress of American expansion
B
they deserved to keep their lands
C
they could properly integrate into American culture
D
they should be educated in American public schools
18) About how many Cherokee died along the Trail of Tears?
A
10,000
B
400
C
1,000
D
4,000
19) Over the course of a decade, about how many Native Americans passed through Arkansas on their way to Indian Territory?
A
10,000
B
30,000
C
20,000
D
60,000
20) Which of the following is NOT true about George Featherstonhaugh?
A
he wrote about his travels along the Military Road in his book Excursion through the Slave States
B
his interesting encounters have provided historians with some of the best information about life in early Arkansas
C
he was sent by the federal government to Arkansas to do a geological survey
D
he created the legend of the Arkansas Traveler
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