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Arkansas History Chapter 4 Review Part III
Test Description: From a Territory to a State
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1) Who was a German immigrant who wrote about hunting, lawlessness, social conditions, and religion in early Arkansas?
A
Charles Fent Noland
B
Friedrich Gerstacker
C
George Featherstonhaugh
D
Thomas Bangs Thorpse
2) Who was and Arkansan who wrote about backwoods culture in the Ozarks in The Psirit of the Times, a New York Newspaper
A
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
B
George Featherstonhaugh
C
Charles Fent Noland
D
Friedrich Gerstacker
3) Who wrote fictional stories about life in Arkansas, such as the short story The Big Bear of Arkansas?
A
Friedrich Gerstacker
B
Charles Fent Noland
C
Thomas Bangs Thorpe
D
George Featherstonhaugh
4) Who created the Legend of the the Arkansas Traveler, a fictitious story about a man who got lost in the backcountry while looking for his way back to the city?
A
Colonel Sanford Faulkner
B
Colonen J.J. Anthony
C
Major George Wilson
D
General Archibald Yell
5) What was the belief that it was the natural right of the US to controll all of the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?
A
Manifest Destiny
B
Natural Rights
C
Expansionsim
D
Popular Sovereignty
6) How many men from Arkansas traveled to Mexico to join in the fighting of the Mexican-American War?
A
900
B
10,000
C
2,000
D
100
7) Who was the sitting congressman and former Arkansas governor who led one of the companies from the state in the Battle of Buena Vista and was killed in the battle?
A
Archibald Yell
B
Colonel J.J. Anthony
C
Major George Wilson
D
Colonel Sanford Faulkner
8) Arkansans in Van Buren and Fort Smith decided to promote the area as a major supply center and launch point for those headed to California in search of gold from the east
A
True
B
False
9) What effect did the California gold rush have on the state of Arkansas?
A
all of these
B
it helped Arkansas shed its frontier status as people passed through
C
many Arkansans began perparing to make the trip to California
D
thousands of people passed through the state
10) What was the main focus of the majority of people in antebellum Arkansas?
A
politics
B
industry
C
manufacturing
D
agriculture
11) What was the biggest cash crop in the Antebellum period?
A
tobacco
B
rice
C
corn
D
cotton
12) Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
A
Eli Whitney
B
James Miller
C
George Washington Carver
D
William Woodruff
13) Which of the following was NOT an effect of the invention of the cotton gin?
A
cotton farming became a much more profitable business
B
As the cotton fields expanded, the demand for slaves decreased.
C
The machine could clean 50 pounds of cotton per day instead of the 1 pound per day a laborer could clean by hand.
D
Soon, wealthy families and individuals began purchasing huge tracts of land to profit from cotton.
14) Which of the following describes chattel slavery?
A
the slave was considered the personal proptery of his or her owner
B
all of these
C
being enslaved was a lifelong condition
D
the slave could be bought and sold like any other object
15) Which of the following is NOT true of slavery in Arkansas?
A
From 1830 to 1840, the number of slaves jumped from just fewer than 5,000 to nearly 20,000
B
The states highest population of slaves was in the Delta
C
A majority of slaveowners had more than 20 slaves, with a small amount owning between one and four
D
Arkansas slave population expanded very quickly in the Antebellum period
16) Which of the following was NOT a way that slaves would rebel or resist their condition?
A
break hoes, plows, or other tools
B
by escaping and taking a few days off to visit friends or family members on nearby plantations
C
costing their owners money, by performing farming work or chores slowly
D
by sueing their masters in court for mistreatment
17) Who became the Family's newest leaders after the founding members died?
A
James Miller and Robert Crittenden
B
Ambrose Sevier and Henry Conway
C
Robert W. Johnson and Governor Elias Conway
D
Governor William Fulton and Archibald Yell
18) Even though some Family members began pushing Arkansas to separate itself from the Union, most Arkansans were against such a drastic move.
A
True
B
False
19) Disagreements over __________ in the Whig Party tore the organization part, and it quickly faded from the state.
A
slavery
B
segregation
C
leadership
D
sectionalism
20) Which of the following is NOT an example of how progress came to the state of Arkansas in the 1840s and 1850s?
A
The wave of growth and prosperity across the state boosted education, industry, farming, and even the state treasury.
B
diamonds and gold were discovered in the state, improving the economy
C
The first section of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad opened for business in 1858.
D
all of these
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