4th nine weeks test Flashcards
Commander of Union forces at Battle of Shiloh
Ulysses S. Grant
What was the bloodiest single day battle in American History
Battle of Antietam
What Union victory successfully cut the Confederacy in two
Battle of Vicksburg
City that became head of state government after Little Rock was taken by Union troops
Washington
Only person to vote for Arkansas NOT to secede; Governor of Union controlled AR
Isaac Murphy
Camp near Cabot that marks death from disease of around 1500 confederate soldiers
Camp Nelson
Where was the final surrender of the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
How many Arkansans fought for the Union in the Civil War
8000
How many Arkansans fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War
60000
President Lincoln decided to raise and train a real army after the Union forces were defeated at…
First Battle of Bull Run
What type of industry increased in Arkansas due to WWII
bauxite
describe Arkansas’s population between 1940 and 1950
Arkansas’ population decreased 10.9% as people went to other states for work
What was the executive order 9066
Order to move all Japanese Americans to relocation camps
describe the Williwaw War
Included Arkansas National Guard in a battle against Japanese in Aleutian Islands
List three POW camps in Arkansas
Camp Robinson, Camp Chaffee, Dermott
List two Japanese American relocation camps
Jerome and Rohwer
Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union was a union that
Wanted to get a fair share of government payments
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
Dyess Colony
What is deficit spending
Using borrowed money to fund government programs
This was formed to back savings accounts; encouraged people to put money back into the banks
FDIC
Provided food, shelter, and money for the unemployed. Over $9 million came to Arkansas
FERA
Term means one opposed to government programs
conservative
Term means one supportive of government programs
liberal
First woman elected to US Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas’ new official nickname in the 1920s to promote natural resources and investment opportunities
The Wonder State
What year was most destructive river flood in US history, in which Arkansas was the hardest hit of eight flooded states
The Flood of 1927
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
Harvey Couch
Organization formed to educate black citizens, feed poor and establish hospials
Freedmans bureau
Farmer who rents land and receives portion of profit from crop after paying fees to landowners
sharecroppers
Conflict between 2 Republicans running for AR governor resulting in 200 deaths
Brooks-Baxter War
Name of Democrats who came to power after Republicans ending Reconstruction
redeemers
required sworn loyalty to the United States both before and following the Civil War
iron clad oath
First African American teacher in Little Rock (taught 70 years)
Charlotte Stephens
What three groups held political positions at the beginning of Reconstruction
scalawags, African Americans, and carpetbaggers
Where was the phrase “separate but equal” allowed by the Supreme Court in 1896
Plessy v. Ferguson
13th amendment
prohibited slavery
14th amendment
allowed every person the right to citizenship
15th amendment
allowed every citizen the right to vote
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
George Donaghey
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
Governor Brough
He was congressman, governor, and senator in a space of just 2 weeks
Joe T. Robinson
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
Jeff Davis
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.
Hoxie
integrated 3 weeks after Charleston with 6 African American students
Fayetteville
(Franklin County) in September 1954 - first district in the ‘old south’ to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education decision.
Charleston
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
Orval Faubus
popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator. as governor, a U.S. senator, and in the U.S. House of Representatives
David Pryor
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
Dale Bumpers
Gained recognition by challenging and eventually helping to punish McCarthy, Only senator to vote against funding McCarthy’s Senate Permanent Investigative Subcommittee
William Fulbright
Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior
John McClellan
in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court
Elsijane T. Roy
