Arkansas Flashcards
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25th state to enter the Union on June 15, 1836
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The name Arkansas-Came from French explorers misinterpreting some Quapaw Natives.
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Arkansas’ Sister State is Michigan. In keeping with the guidelines of the Missouri Compromise, states entered the Union in pairs one slave and one free to maintain the balance in the U.S. Senate. Arkansas entered the Union as a slave state and Michigan entered the Union as a free state.