Ch 4: Statehood

A_______scandal involving Arkansas senator Ambrose

sevier damaged the reputation of both Ambrose Sevier and the "family"?

• voter

• banking

• land

• railroad

Which of the following best describes popular sovereignty?

• Manifest Destiny

• Voters decide on an issue

• Anti-slavery

• settlers move into an area

How did the United States gain territory that would become California, Nevada,New Mexico,Utah, and parts of other western states

• Lewis and Clark claimed the land for the United States

• The United States purchased the land from Russia

• The United States bought the land as a part of the Louisiana Purchase

• Mexico ceded the territory following the Mexican-American war

What was governor William Fulton's main argument against Arkansas statehood?

• Arkansas did not have the funds necessary because of the Crittenden land

• Arkansas had no railroads

• Fulton did not want to hold elections,fearing he would be defeated

• Arkansas did not have enough citizens for taxations

Which of the following best describes Joseph Booker?

• Arkansas first governer

• An Arkansan born a slave who later became a college president and civil rights leader

• A former slave who became one of the earliest American explores of Arkansas

• The first documented slave in the Arkansas territory

_____became a martyr for the abolitionist cause after his unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry

• John Ross

• John Brown

• Joseph Booker

• Roger B.Taney

What discovery encouraged settlers to move to California?

• Gold

• Diamonds

• Bauxite

• Oil

____was an early, humorous legend set in Arkansas.

• The Trail of Tears

• The Arkansas Traveler

• Colonel Sanford's Squatter

• The Spirit of the Times

What were the most effective methods of transportation in territorial Arkansas?

• Train and stagecoach

• Train and steamship

• Steamship and stagecoach

• Interstate highway and steamship

Who was the first territorial governor of Arkansas?

• James Monore

• William Woodruff

• James Miller

• George Izard