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Review for Chapter 4: Arkansas Territory to Statehood

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Arkansas Territory's first capital?

a)

Little Rock

b)

Fayetteville

c)

Fort Smith

d)

Arkansas Post

2.

Who was the acting governor prior to Governor Miller finally making it to Arkansas?

a)

Robert Crittenden

b)

George Izard

c)

William Fulton

d)

James Bowie

3.

What is Arkansas's legislature called?

a)

Arkansas Congress

b)

Arkansas Senate

c)

Arkansas General Assembly

d)

Arkansas State Court

4.

What was Arkansas's first newpaper called?

a)

Arkansas Democrat

b)

Arkansas Democrat Gazette

c)

Arkansas Gazette

d)

Arkansas Advocate

5.

Who founded the Arkansas Gazette?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

William Woodruff

c)

Robert Crittenden

d)

David O'Dodd

6.

Where did Arkansas Territory change its capital city to?

a)

Arkansas Post

b)

Fort Smith

c)

Fayetteville

d)

Little Rock

7.

Robert Crittenden got into an argument, which resulted in a pistol duel, with what political friend of his?

a)

Elias Conway

b)

Henry Conway

c)

Henry Clay

d)

George Izard

8.

The death of Henry Conway by Robert Crittenden created what political alliance in Arkansas?

a)

The Squad

b)

The Group

c)

The Family

d)

The Gang

9.

Robert Crittenden associated with what political party?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Whig Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Independent Party

10.

What political party did The Family associate with?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Whig Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Independent Party

11.

The Arkansas _______________ was a newspaper created by the Whig Party and Robert Crittenden to compete with the Arkansas Gazette

a)

Tabloid

b)

Democrat

c)

Times

d)

Advocate

12.

The __________ party dominated Arkansan politics until after the Civil War.

a)

Republican

b)

Democratic

c)

Whig

d)

Libertarian

13.

What did the Federal Government give Arkansas to build the State House?

a)

Money

b)

Land

c)

Gold

d)

None of the Above

14.

Who offered to trade his land and estate for the federal land to pay for the State House instead?

a)

George Izard

b)

James Miller

c)

Robert Crittenden

d)

Davy Crockett

15.

Territorial Governor William Fulton wanted Arkansas to become a state.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What would Arkansas lose if it became a state?

a)

People

b)

Territory

c)

Federal Funding

d)

State Funding

17.

Arkansas became the _____ state added to the Union.

a)

23rd

b)

24th

c)

25th

d)

26th

18.

Arkansas became the 25th state on ________.

a)

June 15, 1836

b)

July 15, 1836

c)

June 15, 1936

d)

July 15, 1936

19.

Arkansas was added as what kind of state?

a)

Free State

b)

Slave State

20.

Arkansas's sister state, ______, was added as a free state.

a)

Missouri

b)

Michigan

c)

Maine

d)

Florida

21.

The Antebellum period in American History refers to the 40 years _____.

a)

Before the Civil War.

b)

After the Civil War.

22.

What US President believed that the Native Americans' claim to land was invalid?

a)

President Thomas Jefferson

b)

President Abraham Lincoln

c)

President James Polk

d)

President Andrew Jackson

23.

Native Americans were fairly compensated for their lands.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What Congressional law forced Native Americans to move to Indian Territory?

a)

Indian Removal Act

b)

Native American Removal Act

c)

Trail of Tears Act

d)

None of the Above

25.

The forced marching of Native Americans east of the Mississippi River to Indian Territory was known as?

a)

The Crying March

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Trail of Cherokee

d)

The March of Tears

26.

What is the belief that the United States had the right to expand its territory and influence from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

Expansion Destiny

b)

Manifest Expansion

c)

Westward Expansion

d)

Manifest Destiny

27.

The Mexican American War started over dispute concerning what territory?

a)

Arkansas

b)

New Mexico

c)

Texas

d)

Arizona

28.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Mexican Cession?

a)

Texas

b)

Arizona

c)

California

d)

Utah

29.

What territory was located to the north of the Mexican Cession in the northwest corner of the United States?

a)

Washington Territory

b)

Northwest Territory

c)

British Territory

d)

Oregon Territory

30.

Complete the following statement: "Cotton is ____."

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

the best

d)

important

31.

What invention made by Eli Whitney increased the demand for slavery in the South?

a)

Cotton filter

b)

Cotton Seeder

c)

Cotton Gin

d)

Cotton Cleaner

32.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Cotton Gin?

a)

Farmers made more profits

b)

Farmers bought more land

c)

the demand for slavery increased

d)

None of the Above

33.

What is the name of the system of slavery where slaves were forced into servitude for their entire life and could be bought and sold at any time?

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Domestic Servitude

c)

Debt Bondage

d)

Forced Labor

34.

Most southerners owned 20 or more slaves.

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Slave owners could separate slave families if they wanted to.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

The Compromise of 1850 included which of the following?

a)

Arkansas was added as a slave state

b)

Kansas was allowed to vote on whether it would allow slavery

c)

The slave trade ended in Washington DC

d)

All of the above

37.

The Fugitive Slave Act required all citizens to returns runaway slaves to their masters.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Senator Stephen Douglas was responsible for creating the _____.

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Arkansas-Missouri Act

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

None of the Above

39.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act put an end to what former compromise?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Compromise of 1850

c)

The Missouri Compromise of 1820

d)

The Mexican Cession

40.

The Whig Party flourished while the Democratic Party died out in Arkansas prior to the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

What was the name of the slave who tried to sue his master for his freedom?

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Uncle Tom

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Harriet Tubman

42.

Why was the Dred Scott decision so important?

a)

It allowed slaves to sue for their freedom.

b)

It showed that the US Constitution protected slavery.

c)

It made slavery illegal.

d)

None of the above

43.

Who is the abolitionist that led an attack on Harpers Ferry?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

John Brown

d)

All of the above

44.

The attack on Harpers Ferry was successful.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

When John Brown was executed, he was turned into a ______.

a)

Hero

b)

Terrorist

c)

Martyr

d)

Saint