AR History Chapt. 8 Flashcards
One elected to represent others; for instance, a member of the US Congress
Delegate
A reward in the form of free land given to soldiers who fought on behalf of the US government
Veteran’s Bonus
Areas of land having been measured and divided into townships and sections
Surveyed
Measurements of land equal to thirty-six square miles
Townships
Measurements of land equal to one square mile; there are thirty-six sections per township
Sections
The name given–on the basis of its shape–to the land south of 36’30/ (the Arkansas/Missouri border elsewhere) that belongs to Missouri
Bootheel
The practice of owning human beings as laborers
Slavery
Having been destroyed or ended totally, as in slavery
Abolished
Act of the US Congress prohibiting the practice of slavery in the land north and west of the Ohio River (not including the Louisiana Purchase which came later)
Northwest Ordinance
A machine that removes seeds from cotton
Cotton Gin
The 1820-21 US congressional prohibition of slavery north of 36’30 latitude except in Missouri, which was admitted as a slave state to balance Maine’s admission as a free state
Missouri Compromise
The city that is the seat of government in a country or state
Capital
A part-time citizen army
Militia
Newspaper founded by William Woodruff at Arkansas Post (Arkansas County) in 1819 before being moved to Little Rock in 1821 after relocation of the capital. The current form of this is the oldest, continuously published newspaper west of the Mississippi River
Arkansas Gazette
The founder of the Arkansas Gazette
William Woodruff