The "Family" or "Dynasty"

Question 1

A

Answer 1

Controlled Arkansas politics in the territories and often spoken of in early Arkansas politics.

Question 2

B

Answer 2

The name given to a powerful group of Democrats who dominated Arkansas politics in the years between statehood and the Civil War.

Question 3

C

Answer 3

Since many members of the group were related by blood or by marriage, the political alliance of Conways, Rectors, Sevier, and Johnson soon came to be referred to as “The Family.”