4th nine weeks test

Question 1

Commander of Union forces at Battle of Shiloh

Answer 1

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 2

What was the bloodiest single day battle in American History

Answer 2

Battle of Antietam

Question 3

What Union victory successfully cut the Confederacy in two

Answer 3

Battle of Vicksburg

Question 4

City that became head of state government after Little Rock was taken by Union troops

Answer 4

Washington

Question 5

Only person to vote for Arkansas NOT to secede; Governor of Union controlled AR

Answer 5

Isaac Murphy

Question 6

Camp near Cabot that marks death from disease of around 1500 confederate soldiers

Answer 6

Camp Nelson

Question 7

Where was the final surrender of the Civil War

Answer 7

Appomattox Court House

Question 8

How many Arkansans fought for the Union in the Civil War

Answer 8

8000

Question 9

How many Arkansans fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War

Answer 9

60000

Question 10

President Lincoln decided to raise and train a real army after the Union forces were defeated at…

Answer 10

First Battle of Bull Run

Question 11

What type of industry increased in Arkansas due to WWII

Answer 11

bauxite

Question 12

describe Arkansas’s population between 1940 and 1950

Answer 12

Arkansas’ population decreased 10.9% as people went to other states for work

Question 13

What was the executive order 9066

Answer 13

Order to move all Japanese Americans to relocation camps

Question 14

describe the Williwaw War

Answer 14

Included Arkansas National Guard in a battle against Japanese in Aleutian Islands

Question 15

List three POW camps in Arkansas

Answer 15

Camp Robinson, Camp Chaffee, Dermott

Question 16

List two Japanese American relocation camps

Answer 16

Jerome and Rohwer

Question 17

Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union was a union that

Answer 17

Wanted to get a fair share of government payments

Question 18

It was communal; all profits from farms and businesses were shared, It was strictly for white Arkansans, and it was designed in the shape of a wagon wheel

Answer 18

Dyess Colony

Question 19

What is deficit spending

Answer 19

Using borrowed money to fund government programs

Question 20

This was formed to back savings accounts; encouraged people to put money back into the banks

Answer 20

FDIC

Question 21

Provided food, shelter, and money for the unemployed. Over $9 million came to Arkansas

Answer 21

FERA

Question 22

Term means one opposed to government programs

Answer 22

conservative

Question 23

Term means one supportive of government programs

Answer 23

liberal

Question 24

First woman elected to US Senate

Answer 24

Hattie Caraway

Question 25

Arkansas' new official nickname in the 1920s to promote natural resources and investment opportunities

Answer 25

The Wonder State

Question 26

What year was most destructive river flood in US history, in which Arkansas was the hardest hit of eight flooded states

Answer 26

The Flood of 1927

Question 27

began building telephone lines, formed the Arkansas Power and Light Company, Convinced Northern bankers to build dams on the Ouachita River, Opened a radio station WOK in Pine Bluff

Answer 27

Harvey Couch

Question 28

Organization formed to educate black citizens, feed poor and establish hospials

Answer 28

Freedmans bureau

Question 29

Farmer who rents land and receives portion of profit from crop after paying fees to landowners

Answer 29

sharecroppers

Question 30

Conflict between 2 Republicans running for AR governor resulting in 200 deaths

Answer 30

Brooks-Baxter War

Question 31

Name of Democrats who came to power after Republicans ending Reconstruction

Answer 31

redeemers

Question 32

required sworn loyalty to the United States both before and following the Civil War

Answer 32

iron clad oath

Question 33

First African American teacher in Little Rock (taught 70 years)

Answer 33

Charlotte Stephens

Question 34

What three groups held political positions at the beginning of Reconstruction

Answer 34

scalawags, African Americans, and carpetbaggers

Question 35

Where was the phrase "separate but equal" allowed by the Supreme Court in 1896

Answer 35

Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 36

13th amendment

Answer 36

prohibited slavery

Question 37

14th amendment

Answer 37

allowed every person the right to citizenship

Question 38

15th amendment

Answer 38

allowed every citizen the right to vote

Question 39

This governor brought an end to the shameful convict lease system; released 360 men from prison who were serving time for minor crimes; lost 3rd term to Joe Robinson

Answer 39

George Donaghey

Question 40

Wile this man was governor, women were allowed to vote in the primary election, marking Arkansas the only southern state to allow women to vote

Answer 40

Governor Brough

Question 41

He was congressman, governor, and senator in a space of just 2 weeks

Answer 41

Joe T. Robinson

Question 42

This man presented himself as one of the simple folk; able to reach the small farmers and hill country people - they were his wool-hat boys. He posed as the hero of the poor whites by speaking out against the rich. He believed African Americans should be kept in their place

Answer 42

Jeff Davis

Question 43

September 1955 - moved 21 African Americans into school system. No problems until segregationists from there and outside of the community formed a protest. Integration photographed in Life magazine, causing segregationists from other states to arrive to support protest.

Answer 43

Hoxie

Question 44

integrated 3 weeks after Charleston with 6 African American students

Answer 44

Fayetteville

Question 45

(Franklin County) in September 1954 - first district in the ‘old south’ to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

Answer 45

Charleston

Question 46

Served as governor for 12 years 1955-67 (6 two-year terms) Governor during time of school integration, Viewed to many as a racist and segregationist because of the Little Rock Central High Crisis

Answer 46

Orval Faubus

Question 47

popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator. as governor, a U.S. senator, and in the U.S. House of Representatives

Answer 47

David Pryor

Question 48

beat Orval Faubus in the Democratic primary run-off, then defeated Winthrop Rockefeller in the general election. He was a successful Arkansas governor and U.S. senator in the 1970's, 1980's, and 1990's

Answer 48

Dale Bumpers

Question 49

Gained recognition by challenging and eventually helping to punish McCarthy, Only senator to vote against funding McCarthy’s Senate Permanent Investigative Subcommittee

Answer 49

William Fulbright

Question 50

Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior

Answer 50

John McClellan

Question 51

in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court

Answer 51

Elsijane T. Roy