AR History Chapt. 9

Question 1

A small group of wealthy men who owned large amounts of land, many slaves, and typically focused on the production of cotton

Answer 1

Planters

Question 2

A state without slavery; where slavery was illegal

Answer 2

Free State

Question 3

A guarantee of privilege granted by the power of a state or county

Answer 3

Charter

Question 4

A very large farm devoted to production of one chief crop, such as cotton or sugar, associated with a slave labor force; a farm with at least a thousand acres and twenty slaves was considered this

Answer 4

Plantation

Question 5

A small, wealthy, and powerful group of individuals

Answer 5

Elite

Question 6

Storage or repair place for firearms or other weapons

Answer 6

Arsenal

Question 7

Money available for investment, construction, or expansion of business

Answer 7

Capital

Question 8

The provision of money, goods, or services with the expectation of future payment

Answer 8

Credit

Question 9

An Arkansas state bank created in the 1830s primarily for the use of the planters and the wealthy

Answer 9

Real Estate Bank

Question 10

An Arkansas bank created in the 1830s to serve primarily merchants and the ‘common’ man

Answer 10

State Bank

Question 11

Interest-bearing certificates of public or private indebtedness; a method of borrowing money

Answer 11

Bonds

Question 12

One who determines the value of land or other property

Answer 12

Assessor

Question 13

An 1836 policy issued by President Jackson and implemented by president Van Buren that required payment for public lands be in gold and silver or ‘hard’ money, as opposed to paper money that was soft

Answer 13

Specie Circular

Question 14

Hard currency, namely gold or silver, as opposed to paper money

Answer 14

Specie

Question 15

A severe economic depression caused by falling cotton prices, failure of the wheat crop in the United States, and financial hardships in England

Answer 15

Panic of 1837

Question 16

A law specifying that public lands be set aside and sold to raise cash to build schools

Answer 16

Common School Law

Question 17

An independent, small, or family farmer

Answer 17

Yeoman

Question 18

residents on land who do not hold legal title to the land

Answer 18

Squatters

Question 19

Someone interested in the buying and selling of land for quick and/or large profit; real-estate investor

Answer 19

Speculator

Question 20

Hulled corn with the germ removed, from which grits are made

Answer 20

Hominy

Question 21

Outdoor toilet or outhouse

Answer 21

Privy

Question 22

A Chicot County slave owner

Answer 22

Elisha Worthington

Question 23

Boss of a group of slaves, usually a white man, hired to manage the plantation

Answer 23

Overseer

Question 24

The pods and their white, billowy, puffy fiber that is picked and spun into cotton thread

Answer 24

Bolls

Question 25

A device that pressed loose cotton into bales

Answer 25

Compress

Question 26

A skilled craftsman who makes wheels

Answer 26

Wheelwright

Question 27

A short trip or voyage, usually for pleasure

Answer 27

Excursion

Question 28

Guest speakers, who were considered to be authorities on topics such as art, culture, or politics, who traveled throughout the countryside to give lectures or conduct discussions among the citizenry

Answer 28

Lyceum

Question 29

A fraternal organization, founded in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1819; named as such because outsiders considered it ‘odd’ to see people coming together to assist others less fortunate

Answer 29

Odd Fellows

Question 30

1851, first national fraternity to include men and women

Answer 30

Daughters of Rebekah

Question 30

As in behavior: polite, courteous, well-mannered, decent; or of having to do with the public or citizenry. A war between the citizens of a nation

Answer 30

Civil

Question 30

An organization, once a ‘secret society,’ of men who believe in one Supreme Being and work to better themselves through the building of character, giving to charity, and/or volunteering, and by strengthening moral values. formally established in 1717

Answer 30

Masons

Question 31

A small shelter, shack, or shanty with a sloped roof held up by a pole

Answer 31

Lean-to

Question 32

Dating; attracting, engaging, or attempting to form a bond

Answer 32

Courtship

Question 33

The belief, ideology, or doctrine that Americans has a right and responsibility to expand westward all the way to the Pacific coast

Answer 33

Manifest Destiny

Question 34

Gold hunters who traveled to California in the Gold Rush of 1849

Answer 34

Forty-niners

Question 35

Placing a bankrupt institution into the hands of new management, often appointed b a court

Answer 35

Receivership