MS History Exam Review

Question 1

Woodall Mt.

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806ft

Question 2

The most fertile region is the

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Delta

Question 3

Provides the raw material for Mississippi’s Lumber Industry

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Pine tree

Question 4

Mississippi is covered with forest

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55%

Question 5

Western Boundary of MS

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Ms river

Question 6

Mississippi’s climate is considered to be

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humid-sub tropical

Question 7

The religious beliefs of MS Indians centered the

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sun and fire

Question 8

Dec. 10, 1817

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Ms became a state

Question 9

Mississippi was a territory from

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1798 to 1817

Question 10

The Natchez Trace connects the cities of

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Natchez and Nashville

Question 11

Stands on the trace were examples of a modern

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motel

Question 12

Emeral Mound

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largest mound

Question 13

Antebellum

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before the civil war

Question 14

Secession

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withdraw from Union

Question 15

CSA

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Confederate States of America

Question 15

Mississippian’s believed that slaves were considered

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property

Question 16

During the Meridian Campaign, General Sherman and his men destroyed the

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railroads

Question 17

What was a Mississippi town and grew in size then declined after the lumber was gone

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delo

Question 18

Reconstruction lasted from

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1865 to 1877

Question 18

By 1890, how much Mississippian’s were sharecroppers

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60%

Question 19

What was the name of a town that continued to grow past the lumber boom?

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Laurel

Question 20

Piney Woods School

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started in the early 1900’s as a agriculteral school

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Truck farming in the 1930’s and 1940’s was big around the town of

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Crystal Springs

Question 21

Mississippi’s depression era budget improved becaused of the creation of a

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sales tax

Question 22

The worst flood to ever hit the MS Delta happened in

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1927

Question 23

Besides Cotton what are 2 other crops commercially grown in MS?

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soy beans, rice

Question 24

Name 2 reasons why cotton was a good crop for Mississippi

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fertile soil, long growing season

Question 25

List 2 common functions of a MS slave

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work in the fields, run errands

Question 25

List 2 results of the Boll Weevil on MS

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left the state, grew other crops

Question 26

Name 2 crops that were grown by MS Indians

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corn, pumpkin

Question 26

What a 2 factor that can affect Mississippi's Vegetation

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rainfall, temp

Question 27

List 2 economic problems faced by MS farmers.

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high teriffs, falling prices

Question 28

List 2 reasons why black Mississippian's participated in the Great Migration

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job oppertunities., escape descrimination

Question 29

What were the largest Indian Tribes in MS

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Chickisaw, chocktaw

Question 30

List 2 effects of the Great Deppression on Mississippi

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lost jobs, banks closed

Question 31

List 2 results of the Mississippi River Flood of 1927

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flooded Delta, cotton crops were destroyed, 1,000 people died

Question 32

David Holmes

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1st governor city

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The Bilbo

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created tax and highway commension

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James L. Alcorn

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1st govenor republician during reconstruction

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Winthrop Sargent

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1st govenor after MS became a state

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Treaty of Doak's Stand

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gave up lands including present day jackson

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The Battle of Jackson

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union general Sherman chased confederate from the city

Question 37

Name Franklin Roosevelt's 3 R

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Relief, Recovery, Reform

Question 38

William Johnson

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wealthy free black the barber of natchez

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A.H. Longino

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helped bring big buisness to MS

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Treaty of Pontotoc

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chickisaw gave up all their land

Question 38

MS State UNV

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started as a agriculteral and mechanic college

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LaSalle

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sailed down the MS river and claimed it to france

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John J, Pettus

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supporter of succession

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The Battle of Champion Hill

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largest battle in the Vicksburg campeign

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De Soto

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spanish explorer that came to MS looking for gold and silver

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John A. Quitman

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most famous fire eater from MS

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James K. Vardaman

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used showmanship, racisism, and populism to get votes

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Bruinsburg

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where General Grant crossed the river with the union

Question 44

Henry Whitfield

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started the states mental hospital