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Mississippi Studies Final

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Refusing to buy a product or service
a)
Boycott
b)
Integration
c)
Ghetto
d)
Affirmative action
2.
The first black student at the University of Mississippi
a)
Earl Warren
b)
James Meredith
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Jackie Robinson
3.

Define Sharecroppers

a)

Native American term for whiskey.

b)

A crop that is shared over a big feast.

c)

Hippies that live on a commune to grow organic veggies.

d)

Farmed someone else's land for a share of the crop.

4.

Who did La Salle name the Louisiana Province after?

a)

Queen Louisa VIX

b)

King Louis XIV

c)

Edward Louisiana

d)

Lucy Lawless

5.

What is a 100-year anniversary called?

a)

Bicentennial

b)

Millennial

c)

Centennial

d)

Quadrennial

6.

Who was the Teddy Bear named after?

a)

Theodore Bilbo

b)

Theodore Roosevelt

c)

Theodore Louisiana

d)

Laurence Theodore Jones

7.

A "black code"; a special group of French laws regulating slavery.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Black Regulations

d)

Code Noir

8.

In what county did we currently live in?

a)

Jackson

b)

Jefferson

c)

Stone

d)

Harrison

9.

A region that borders the Gulf of Mexico

a)

Coastal Meadows

b)

Piney Woods

c)

Tombigbee Hills

d)

Delta-Yazoo

10.

What Native Americans did Andrew Jackson fight against?

a)

Natchez

b)

Chickasaw

c)

Choctaw

d)

Creek

11.

Fort Maurapas was built in North Mississippi

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Fort Maurapas doesn't exist.

12.

The natural vegetation in a region.

a)

Flora

b)

Fluoride

c)

Florish

d)

Fauna

13.

A region in southern Mississippi known for it's Pine Trees

a)

Tombigbee Hills

b)

Piney Woods

c)

Loess Bluffs

d)

Delta-Yazoo

14.

A vast period of time

a)

A hot minute

b)

A flash

c)

An Eon

d)

A jiffy

15.
The man who invented the cotton gin was...
a)
Samuel Slater
b)
Michael Rodriguez
c)
Francis Weber
d)
Eli Whitney
16.

Define impeachment

a)

Planting peach orchards

b)

Baking Peach pies for Thanksgiving

c)

Formal charges brought against elected officials.

d)

Removing officials from office.

17.

Which of the following was impeached shortly after the Civil War?

a)

President Lincoln

b)

President Roosevelt

c)

President Grant

d)

President Johnson

18.

Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

19

d)

20

19.

Big guns used for attack or defense

a)

Uzies

b)

Battaries

c)

Revolvers

d)

Rifles

20.

What is the Devil's Backbone?

a)

A metaphor for the difficult life experienced by white settlers in Mississippi.

b)

The mountain ridge located on the Coastal Meadows.

c)

The nickname for the Natchez Trace

d)

The name for a renegade group of KKK

21.

Young women brought to French colonies to marry single men.

a)

Croissant Ladies

b)

Parasol Fillies

c)

Casquette Girls

d)

Lace Ladies

22.

What was a voting requirement of the Constitution of 1890?

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

A special handshake

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Swearing an oath to the constitution

23.

A jury that is unable to agree on a verdict.

a)

A Broken Jury

b)

A Hung Jury

c)

A Failed Jury

d)

A Opposed Jury

24.

What did Laurence Jones accomplish?

a)

He "discovered" the Mississippi River

b)

He founded the Piney Woods School

c)

He fought the entrance of James Meredith into Ole Miss

d)

He was the first African American to fight in the Civil War