Arkansas Territorial Period

Question 1

Arkansas territory divided into five Counties

Answer 1

• lawrence
• pulaski
• clark
• arkansas
• hempstead

Question 2

four territorial governor

Answer 2

• James Miller
• George Izard
• John pope
• William Fulton

Question 3

Robert Crittenden

Answer 3

• 1st secretary of State

* acting governor when Miller was gone

Question 4

The “family” dynasty

Answer 4

political dynasty made up of Conway Johnson and Sevier family members

Question 5

dynasty later supported

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson and Democrat party

Question 6

Crittenden group in Arkansas joined

Answer 6

The party. opposing jackson which came to be called whig party

Question 7

Conway Crittenden duel

Answer 7

• 1827
• Crittenden felt insulted by Henry W Conway
• Crittenden killed conway

Question 8

William Woodruff

Answer 8

• sided with “family” writing many articles that promoted their political ideas
• established Arkansas Gazette at Arkansas post

Question 9

Arkansas Gazette

Answer 9

• oldest newspaper west of Mississippi

* 1819

Question 10

1821

Answer 10

territorial capital was moved from Arkansas post to Little Rock

Question 11

many people migrated to Arkansas from

Answer 11

• Tennessee and other states

* traveled along Southwest Trail sometimes called military road that led to texas

Question 12

Southwest trail

Answer 12

• most of Trail crossed Arkansas from North East to Southwest
• military Road is more precise route for trail
• Congress attached funding to military appropriation bills that provided for improvements to the road

Question 13

g.W. featherstonhough

Answer 13

wrote about travels along military Road in excursion through the slave states

Question 14

Missouri compromise

Answer 14

• Congress tries to keep balance between slave and free states by making Missouri compromise and Missouri enters a slave state and Maine as Freestate
• Missouri compromise prohibited slavery in Louisiana territory north of 3630 latitude line

Question 15

Arkansas became what in 1836

Answer 15

A slave state

Question 16

Michigan is what state sisters state

Answer 16

Arkansas

Question 17

1817 treaty

Answer 17

let Cherokee in East exchange their land for new land in Arkansas

Question 18

Fort Smith

Answer 18

was set up to prevent fighting between Cherokee and osage

Question 19

sequoyah

Answer 19

wrote Cherokee alphabet

Question 20

Dwight mission

Answer 20

• first formal protest it effort directed at education and conversion of Native Americans in Arkansas
• Mission included for first school to be established in Arkansas territory

Question 21

US Indian policy

Answer 21

• containment (of Indians or hunting lands)
• concentration (on reservations)
• removal (to Indian territory)

Question 22

Arkansas become the territory

Answer 22

1819

Question 23

indian removal act

Answer 23

• 1830 - congress passed indian removal act
• forced all Indians east of Mississippi River to moved to Indian territory (oklahoma)
• Travel down trail of tears

Question 24

steamboats

Answer 24

• steamboat travel comes that’s his way of transportation during territorial period
• Paddlewheels-wheels made of horizontal blades powered by steam engine that moved steamboats up-and-down Americas rivers

Question 25

keelboat

Answer 25

boat with rounded bottom and keel to help move straight; could be pooled upstream by men or horses or pushed along with poles

Question 26

flat boat

Answer 26

A raft like boat used for floating downstream

Question 27

snag boat

Answer 27

boat design to remove snag from river channels; used to remove red river raft

Question 28

Texas revolution

Answer 28

American settlers in Texas fight the Mexican government for independence

Question 29

Jim bowie

Answer 29

• man who popularized the bowie knife

* bowie knife also known as AR Toothpick

Question 30

when did Arkansas become a state

Answer 30

1836

Question 31

requirements for applications for statehood

Answer 31

• 50,000 citizens in territory

* write a state constitution