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4th nine weeks test Flashcards

1
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Commander of Union forces at Battle of Shiloh

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Ulysses S. Grant

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2
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What was the bloodiest single day battle in American History

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Battle of Antietam

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3
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What Union victory successfully cut the Confederacy in two

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Battle of Vicksburg

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4
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City that became head of state government after Little Rock was taken by Union troops

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Washington

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5
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Only person to vote for Arkansas NOT to secede; Governor of Union controlled AR

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Isaac Murphy

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6
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Camp near Cabot that marks death from disease of around 1500 confederate soldiers

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Camp Nelson

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7
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Where was the final surrender of the Civil War

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Appomattox Court House

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8
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How many Arkansans fought for the Union in the Civil War

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8000

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9
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How many Arkansans fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War

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60000

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10
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President Lincoln decided to raise and train a real army after the Union forces were defeated at…

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First Battle of Bull Run

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11
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What type of industry increased in Arkansas due to WWII

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bauxite

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12
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describe Arkansas’s population between 1940 and 1950

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

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13
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What was the executive order 9066

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Order to move all Japanese Americans to relocation camps

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14
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describe the Williwaw War

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

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15
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List three POW camps in Arkansas

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Camp Robinson, Camp Chaffee, Dermott

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16
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List two Japanese American relocation camps

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Jerome and Rohwer

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17
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Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union was a union that

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Wanted to get a fair share of government payments

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18
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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

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Dyess Colony

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19
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What is deficit spending

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Using borrowed money to fund government programs

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20
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This was formed to back savings accounts; encouraged people to put money back into the banks

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FDIC

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21
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Provided food, shelter, and money for the unemployed. Over $9 million came to Arkansas

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FERA

22
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Term means one opposed to government programs

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conservative

23
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Term means one supportive of government programs

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liberal

24
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First woman elected to US Senate

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Hattie Caraway

25
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Arkansas’ new official nickname in the 1920s to promote natural resources and investment opportunities

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The Wonder State

26
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What year was most destructive river flood in US history, in which Arkansas was the hardest hit of eight flooded states

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The Flood of 1927

27
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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

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Harvey Couch

28
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Organization formed to educate black citizens, feed poor and establish hospials

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Freedmans bureau

29
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Farmer who rents land and receives portion of profit from crop after paying fees to landowners

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sharecroppers

30
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Conflict between 2 Republicans running for AR governor resulting in 200 deaths

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Brooks-Baxter War

31
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Name of Democrats who came to power after Republicans ending Reconstruction

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redeemers

32
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required sworn loyalty to the United States both before and following the Civil War

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iron clad oath

33
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First African American teacher in Little Rock (taught 70 years)

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Charlotte Stephens

34
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What three groups held political positions at the beginning of Reconstruction

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scalawags, African Americans, and carpetbaggers

35
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Where was the phrase “separate but equal” allowed by the Supreme Court in 1896

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Plessy v. Ferguson

36
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13th amendment

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prohibited slavery

37
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14th amendment

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allowed every person the right to citizenship

38
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15th amendment

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allowed every citizen the right to vote

39
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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

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George Donaghey

40
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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

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Governor Brough

41
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He was congressman, governor, and senator in a space of just 2 weeks

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Joe T. Robinson

42
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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

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Jeff Davis

43
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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.

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Hoxie

44
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integrated 3 weeks after Charleston with 6 African American students

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Fayetteville

45
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(Franklin County) in September 1954 - first district in the ‘old south’ to comply with Brown vs. Board of Education decision.

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Charleston

46
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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

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Orval Faubus

47
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popular Arkansas politician who served as a state legislator. as governor, a U.S. senator, and in the U.S. House of Representatives

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David Pryor

48
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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

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Dale Bumpers

49
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Gained recognition by challenging and eventually helping to punish McCarthy, Only senator to vote against funding McCarthy’s Senate Permanent Investigative Subcommittee

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William Fulbright

50
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Led other democrats on senate committee to walk out of hearings in protest of Senator McCarthy’s brash and aggressive behavior

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John McClellan

51
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in 1975 became the first woman appointed to the Arkansas Supreme Court

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Elsijane T. Roy

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