AR History

Question 1

1948 entered the University of Arkansas Law School; died of TB and war injuries in 1949

Answer 1

Silas Hunt

Question 2

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 2

Winthrop Rockefeller

Question 3

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

Answer 3

John McClellan

Question 4

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

Answer 4

William Fulbright

Question 5

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 5

Hoxie

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Charleston

Question 7

integrated 3 weeks after Charleston with 6 African American students

Answer 7

Fayetteville

Question 8

Little Rock’s original desegregation plan.
Designed to desegregate schools slowly, starting with Central High School.
Put off action until 1957.
Focused only on Central High School in lower income area of city.

Answer 8

Blossom Plan

Question 9

Was the head of the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. He started a large ranch on top of Petit Jean Mountain and became active in civic and cultural affairs.

Answer 9

Winthrop Rockefeller

Question 10

Elected to Congress in 1937. He went through an embarrassing public scandal involving Fannie Fox. He also had a problem with alcoholism, but he went on to be an outspoken leader against alcohol and drug abuse.

Answer 10

Wilbur D. Mills

Question 11

charitable contributions; to distribute or donate funds or goods

Answer 11

philanthropy

Question 12

also known as the Freedom of information law, it opened government records to public view

Answer 12

Sunshine Law

Question 13

long term prison inmates entrusted with the oversight of other prisoners

Answer 13

trustys

Question 14

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 14

Dale Bumpers

Question 15

powerful business, lobbyists or other activists who give money to a political candidate in an attempt to influence him or her on a specific issue

Answer 15

special interests

Question 16

a Democrat and segregationist who was a state Supreme Court justice and ran for governor against Rockefeller in 1966

Answer 16

“Justice Jim” Johnson

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Elsijane T. Roy

Question 18

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

Answer 18

David Pryor

Question 19

one of the country’s leading transport (trucking) and logistics (organized movement of goods) companies, founded in 1969; its headquarters are located in Lowell

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J.B. Hunt Transportation

Question 20

an investment-banking firm (one of the largest outside of Wall Street in New York) founded in 1933 in Little Rock by W.R. “Witt” Stephens. Its headquarters remain in Little Rock

Answer 20

Stephens Inc.

Question 21

founded in 1921, a cooperative that sells and mills rice, soybeans, and wheat. It is one of the world’s leading millers of rice, and is based in Stuttgart

Answer 21

Riceland Foods

Question 22

the statewide newspaper founded in 1819 by William Woodruff, which was bought by the owner of the Arkansas Democrat in 1991

Answer 22

Arkansas Gazette

Question 23

a department store chain founded in Nashville, AR. Today, its world headquarters are located in Little Rock

Answer 23

Dillards

Question 24

headquartered in Bentonville and founded by Sam Walton in 1962, the company grew from one store in Rogers to almost seven thousand stores with almost two million employees, and it is the world’s largest company

Answer 24

Wal-Mart

Question 25

headquartered in Springdale and founded in 1935, it is the world’s largest processor and marketer of beef, chicken, and pork

Answer 25

Tyson Foods

Question 26

a wireless technology and communications service provider founded in Little Rock in 1943

Answer 26

Alltel