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WorksheetsArkansas History: Nine Week Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The first school district in Arkansas to integrate was _______________________________________.
Little Rock School District
Fayetteville School District
Hoxie School District
Charleston School District
Who was Bass Reeves?
The first African American senator from Arkansas
The first African American deputy marshal
The first African American municipal judge in Arkansas
The first African American state legislature
Which answer best summarizes the purpose of the Black Codes?
Regulations that helped freedmen get educational and occupational training
Regulations that helped freedmen in the South adjust to society
Regulations that limited freedmen's civil and political liberties
Regulations that protected freedmen's civil and political liberties
Which best summarizes the purpose of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention in 1874?
To deal with the corruption of Radical Reconstruction
to fix the social and political inequality between men and women in Arkansas
To implement the Jim Crow Laws
To ratify the 14th and 15th amendments
Which answer best reflects the purpose of Radical Reconstruction?
To have a quick and peaceful reunification of the country?
To have a swift reconciliation; however, Confederate leaders needed to take responsibility for the war
to punish the South and establish political dominance
to rebuild the South quickly and efficiently
Which statement BEST explains who the "Redeemers" were?
Democrats that wanted to redeem Southern glory and reinstitute slavery
Democrats that wanted to redeem the South from Radical Reconstruction and the corruption of the Republicans
Republicans that wanted redeem the South from slavery
Republicans that wanted to redeem the South from Reconstruction and corruption
Which federal agency provided educational opportunities to freedmen in the South and protected them from intimidation and violence?
American Civil Liberties Union
Black Code Agency
Civil Rights Bureau
Freedmen's Bureau
African Americans gained all of the following rights during Reconstruction EXCEPT _________________________.
The right to an education
the right to create their own segregated communities
The right to own land and businesses
The right to vote
What is the name of the 1896 United States Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation was legal?
Brown v Board of Education
Hodges v U.S.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Dred Scott Decision
Who was the judge in Arkansas that is known for having convicted 160 men to death and hanging 78 of them?
Bass Reeves
Isaac Parker
Jesse James
Joseph T. Robinson
Which of the following was not a problem that Arkansas' educational system faced in the late 1800's early 1900's?
lack of qualified teachers
lack of state funds to pay for schools
low student attendance rate
overcrowded schools
Why did Arkansas establish the Jim Crow Laws?
Because African American's were committing crimes against whites
Because Democrats feared they would lose political power
Because Democrats were pressured by other Southern states
Because the federal government required it
Which of the following was NOT a governor during the Progressive Era?
Charles Hillman Brough
George W. Hays
Sid McMath
George Donaghey
Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Flood of 1927 in Arkansas?
Many people lost faith in the government as their guardian and protector in time of need
Many people's political beliefs shifted to favor the Republicans over the Democrats
People faced starvation, unemployment, and homelessness across Arkansas
People's respect and support for charitable organizations increased
Which New Deal program was responsible for building camp sites in Arkansas state parks?
AAA
WPA
CCC
REA
All of the following events occurred during the Civil Rights Movement EXCEPT _____________________.
Martin Luther King Jr. led a March on Washington
Integration of the University of Alabama
Formation of the NAACP
Greensboro lunch counter "Sit-ins"
Which group opposed racial equality in the south during Reconstruction?
Freedmen
Carpetbaggers
Ku Klux Klan
Scalawags
Who was leader of Arkansas's chapter of the NAACP during the Central High crisis?
Daisy Bates
Elizabeth Eckford
Jim Johnson
Silas Hunt
Which states does NOT border Arkansas?
Alabama
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Who was the NAACP leader that argued against segregation in front of the Supreme Court and became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Booker T. Washington
Daisy Bates
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thurgood Marshall
The 11 states that seceded from the Union were called ________________________________________________. (Check 2)
Old Dixie
Confederate States of America
Confederate States of the South
The Confederacy
What was the name given to the time period that directly follows the Civil War?
Gilded Age
Great Depression
Progressive Era
Reconstruction
Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?
16th
17th
18th
19th
What was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?
Over-cultivation
severe drought
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
What was the name of the economic disaster that occured in 1930's?
Black Friday
The Great Depression
The New Deal
World war II
What is the current number of counties in Arkansas?
25
50
75
100
Which constitutional amendment outlawed the sale and distribution of alcohol and started Prohibition?
16th
17th
18th
19th
What was the name of the Army hero that helped found the Army Rangers?
Marcus Britt
Pierce McKennon
Samuel Marett
William Darby
Who was governor during the Central High crisis?
Eldridge Cleaver
Jim Johnson
Orval Faubus
Sidney McMath
What was the leading industry in the Gulf Coastal Plains in the 1920's?
Farming
Timber
Mining
Producing Oil
In what city did Arkansas's oil boom originate?
Arkadelphia
El Dorado
Hot Springs
Texarkana
Amendments 13-15 are better known as the
Civil Rights Amendments
Civil War Amendments
Reconstruction Amendments
Suffrage Amendments
What is the current capital of Arkansas?
Arkansas Post
Fort Smith
Fayetteville
Little Rock
What was the name of the first African American school teacher in Arkansas?
Bass Reeves
Booker t. Washington
Charlotte Stevens
Silas Hunt
What were the names of the internment camps in Arkansas?
Chaffee and Jerome
Robinson and Chaffee
Robinson and Rohwer
Rohwer and Jerome
What amendment gave African American males the right to vote?
13th
14th
15th
16th
What was the nickname given to people from Arkansas that migrated to California during the Great Depression?
Arkies
Okies
Hillbillies
Rednecks
Which President sent the U.S. Army to restore order and escort the Little Rock Nine to school
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Which amendment ended Prohibition in 1933?
20th
21st
22nd
23rd
Which of the following events ignited the Civil Rights Movement?
Brown vs Board of Education decision
Rosa Parks arrest
Creation of Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lynching of Emmett Till
What was the first school district in Arkansas to desegregate?
Charleston
Fayetteville
Fort Smith
Little Rock
Approximately, how much money did the federal government provide Arkansas during the Great Depression?
$175 million
$275 million
$375 million
$475 million
Who was the first President to be impeached?
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
a federal agency that oversaw the rebuilding of the South
a federal agency that provide education, food, shelter, and medical aid to freedmen
a federal agency that oversaw the relocation of freedmen
a federal agency that ended slavery
Which of the following statements BEST explains why Hattie Caraway was an important historical figure?
1st female elected to the House of Representatives
1st female elected to the U.S. Senate
1st female majority leader in the Senate
1st female governor of Arkansas
All of the following were positive effects of Reconstruction EXCEPT
More than 600 schools built in the state
Most African Americans gain economic prosperity
Republicans strengthened state economy expanded railroads, built levees, created system of pay off sate debt
first state university was established (U of A)
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolished slavery in the United States
Gave African American males the right to vote
Gave African American males citizenship
Gave women the right to vote
Which answer BEST explains the cause of the England Food Riot?
Hundreds of Arkansans angry at farmers withholding food turned into a mob and burned farms outside England, AR
Arkansas farmers desperate to feed their starving families, made a run on local stores depleting their food supply in England, AR
Arkansas merchants angry at farmers for not providing needed produce, overturned wagons of goods
Citizens of England, AR were angry at merchants and damaged merchandise
Which of the following is NOT a problem of the "Gilded Age"?
political corruption
poor working conditions
lack of innovation
unsanitary and unhealthy conditions in the cities
Which New Deal program was the leading employer in Arkansas during the Great Depression?
AAA
CCC
WPA
FAA
