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Arkansas History: Nine Week Test Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first school district in Arkansas to integrate was _______________________________________.

a)

Little Rock School District

b)

Fayetteville School District

c)

Hoxie School District

d)

Charleston School District

2.

Who was Bass Reeves?

a)

The first African American senator from Arkansas

b)

The first African American deputy marshal

c)

The first African American municipal judge in Arkansas

d)

The first African American state legislature

3.

Which answer best summarizes the purpose of the Black Codes?

a)

Regulations that helped freedmen get educational and occupational training

b)

Regulations that helped freedmen in the South adjust to society

c)

Regulations that limited freedmen's civil and political liberties

d)

Regulations that protected freedmen's civil and political liberties

4.

Which best summarizes the purpose of the Arkansas Constitutional Convention in 1874?

a)

To deal with the corruption of Radical Reconstruction

b)

to fix the social and political inequality between men and women in Arkansas

c)

To implement the Jim Crow Laws

d)

To ratify the 14th and 15th amendments

5.

Which answer best reflects the purpose of Radical Reconstruction?

a)

To have a quick and peaceful reunification of the country?

b)

To have a swift reconciliation; however, Confederate leaders needed to take responsibility for the war

c)

to punish the South and establish political dominance

d)

to rebuild the South quickly and efficiently

6.

Which statement BEST explains who the "Redeemers" were?

a)

Democrats that wanted to redeem Southern glory and reinstitute slavery

b)

Democrats that wanted to redeem the South from Radical Reconstruction and the corruption of the Republicans

c)

Republicans that wanted redeem the South from slavery

d)

Republicans that wanted to redeem the South from Reconstruction and corruption

7.

Which federal agency provided educational opportunities to freedmen in the South and protected them from intimidation and violence?

a)

American Civil Liberties Union

b)

Black Code Agency

c)

Civil Rights Bureau

d)

Freedmen's Bureau

8.

African Americans gained all of the following rights during Reconstruction EXCEPT _________________________.

a)

The right to an education

b)

the right to create their own segregated communities

c)

The right to own land and businesses

d)

The right to vote

9.

What is the name of the 1896 United States Supreme Court decision that ruled segregation was legal?

a)

Brown v Board of Education

b)

Hodges v U.S.

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

The Dred Scott Decision

10.

Who was the judge in Arkansas that is known for having convicted 160 men to death and hanging 78 of them?

a)

Bass Reeves

b)

Isaac Parker

c)

Jesse James

d)

Joseph T. Robinson

11.

Which of the following was not a problem that Arkansas' educational system faced in the late 1800's early 1900's?

a)

lack of qualified teachers

b)

lack of state funds to pay for schools

c)

low student attendance rate

d)

overcrowded schools

12.

Why did Arkansas establish the Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Because African American's were committing crimes against whites

b)

Because Democrats feared they would lose political power

c)

Because Democrats were pressured by other Southern states

d)

Because the federal government required it

13.

Which of the following was NOT a governor during the Progressive Era?

a)

Charles Hillman Brough

b)

George W. Hays

c)

Sid McMath

d)

George Donaghey

14.

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Flood of 1927 in Arkansas?

a)

Many people lost faith in the government as their guardian and protector in time of need

b)

Many people's political beliefs shifted to favor the Republicans over the Democrats

c)

People faced starvation, unemployment, and homelessness across Arkansas

d)

People's respect and support for charitable organizations increased

15.

Which New Deal program was responsible for building camp sites in Arkansas state parks?

a)

AAA

b)

WPA

c)

CCC

d)

REA

16.

All of the following events occurred during the Civil Rights Movement EXCEPT _____________________.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr. led a March on Washington

b)

Integration of the University of Alabama

c)

Formation of the NAACP

d)

Greensboro lunch counter "Sit-ins"

17.

Which group opposed racial equality in the south during Reconstruction?

a)

Freedmen

b)

Carpetbaggers

c)

Ku Klux Klan

d)

Scalawags

18.

Who was leader of Arkansas's chapter of the NAACP during the Central High crisis?

a)

Daisy Bates

b)

Elizabeth Eckford

c)

Jim Johnson

d)

Silas Hunt

19.

Which states does NOT border Arkansas?

a)

Alabama

b)

Mississippi

c)

Oklahoma

d)

Texas

20.

Who was the NAACP leader that argued against segregation in front of the Supreme Court and became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Daisy Bates

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Thurgood Marshall

21.

The 11 states that seceded from the Union were called ________________________________________________. (Check 2)

a)

Old Dixie

b)

Confederate States of America

c)

Confederate States of the South

d)

The Confederacy

22.

What was the name given to the time period that directly follows the Civil War?

a)

Gilded Age

b)

Great Depression

c)

Progressive Era

d)

Reconstruction

23.

Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

24.

What was NOT a cause of the Dust Bowl?

a)

Over-cultivation

b)

severe drought

c)

Soil conservation

d)

Soil erosion

25.

What was the name of the economic disaster that occured in 1930's?

a)

Black Friday

b)

The Great Depression

c)

The New Deal

d)

World war II

26.

What is the current number of counties in Arkansas?

a)

25

b)

50

c)

75

d)

100

27.

Which constitutional amendment outlawed the sale and distribution of alcohol and started Prohibition?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

28.

What was the name of the Army hero that helped found the Army Rangers?

a)

Marcus Britt

b)

Pierce McKennon

c)

Samuel Marett

d)

William Darby

29.

Who was governor during the Central High crisis?

a)

Eldridge Cleaver

b)

Jim Johnson

c)

Orval Faubus

d)

Sidney McMath

30.

What was the leading industry in the Gulf Coastal Plains in the 1920's?

a)

Farming

b)

Timber

c)

Mining

d)

Producing Oil

31.

In what city did Arkansas's oil boom originate?

a)

Arkadelphia

b)

El Dorado

c)

Hot Springs

d)

Texarkana

32.

Amendments 13-15 are better known as the

a)

Civil Rights Amendments

b)

Civil War Amendments

c)

Reconstruction Amendments

d)

Suffrage Amendments

33.

What is the current capital of Arkansas?

a)

Arkansas Post

b)

Fort Smith

c)

Fayetteville

d)

Little Rock

34.

What was the name of the first African American school teacher in Arkansas?

a)

Bass Reeves

b)

Booker t. Washington

c)

Charlotte Stevens

d)

Silas Hunt

35.

What were the names of the internment camps in Arkansas?

a)

Chaffee and Jerome

b)

Robinson and Chaffee

c)

Robinson and Rohwer

d)

Rohwer and Jerome

36.

What amendment gave African American males the right to vote?

a)

13th

b)

14th

c)

15th

d)

16th

37.

What was the nickname given to people from Arkansas that migrated to California during the Great Depression?

a)

Arkies

b)

Okies

c)

Hillbillies

d)

Rednecks

38.

Which President sent the U.S. Army to restore order and escort the Little Rock Nine to school

a)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

b)

Harry S. Truman

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Richard M. Nixon

39.

Which amendment ended Prohibition in 1933?

a)

20th

b)

21st

c)

22nd

d)

23rd

40.

Which of the following events ignited the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

Brown vs Board of Education decision

b)

Rosa Parks arrest

c)

Creation of Southern Christian Leadership Conference

d)

Lynching of Emmett Till

41.

What was the first school district in Arkansas to desegregate?

a)

Charleston

b)

Fayetteville

c)

Fort Smith

d)

Little Rock

42.

Approximately, how much money did the federal government provide Arkansas during the Great Depression?

a)

$175 million

b)

$275 million

c)

$375 million

d)

$475 million

43.

Who was the first President to be impeached?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Rutherford B. Hayes

44.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

a federal agency that oversaw the rebuilding of the South

b)

a federal agency that provide education, food, shelter, and medical aid to freedmen

c)

a federal agency that oversaw the relocation of freedmen

d)

a federal agency that ended slavery

45.

Which of the following statements BEST explains why Hattie Caraway was an important historical figure?

a)

1st female elected to the House of Representatives

b)

1st female elected to the U.S. Senate

c)

1st female majority leader in the Senate

d)

1st female governor of Arkansas

46.

All of the following were positive effects of Reconstruction EXCEPT

a)

More than 600 schools built in the state

b)

Most African Americans gain economic prosperity

c)

Republicans strengthened state economy expanded railroads, built levees, created system of pay off sate debt

d)

first state university was established (U of A)

47.

What did the 13th Amendment do?

a)

Abolished slavery in the United States

b)

Gave African American males the right to vote

c)

Gave African American males citizenship

d)

Gave women the right to vote

48.

Which answer BEST explains the cause of the England Food Riot?

a)

Hundreds of Arkansans angry at farmers withholding food turned into a mob and burned farms outside England, AR

b)

Arkansas farmers desperate to feed their starving families, made a run on local stores depleting their food supply in England, AR

c)

Arkansas merchants angry at farmers for not providing needed produce, overturned wagons of goods

d)

Citizens of England, AR were angry at merchants and damaged merchandise

49.

Which of the following is NOT a problem of the "Gilded Age"?

a)

political corruption

b)

poor working conditions

c)

lack of innovation

d)

unsanitary and unhealthy conditions in the cities

50.

Which New Deal program was the leading employer in Arkansas during the Great Depression?

a)

AAA

b)

CCC

c)

WPA

d)

FAA