AR History Chapt. 8

Question 1

One elected to represent others; for instance, a member of the US Congress

Answer 1

Delegate

Question 2

A reward in the form of free land given to soldiers who fought on behalf of the US government

Answer 2

Veteran’s Bonus

Question 3

Areas of land having been measured and divided into townships and sections

Answer 3

Surveyed

Question 4

Measurements of land equal to thirty-six square miles

Answer 4

Townships

Question 5

Measurements of land equal to one square mile; there are thirty-six sections per township

Answer 5

Sections

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Bootheel

Question 7

The practice of owning human beings as laborers

Answer 7

Slavery

Question 8

Having been destroyed or ended totally, as in slavery

Answer 8

Abolished

Question 9

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)

Answer 9

Northwest Ordinance

Question 10

A machine that removes seeds from cotton

Answer 10

Cotton Gin

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Missouri Compromise

Question 12

The city that is the seat of government in a country or state

Answer 12

Capital

Question 13

A part-time citizen army

Answer 13

Militia

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Arkansas Gazette

Question 15

The founder of the Arkansas Gazette

Answer 15

William Woodruff

Question 16

One who is appointed to represent one nation to another

Answer 16

Ambassador

Question 17

A highly organized political group under the leadership of a boss or small elite group of chosen or privileged leaders; an unofficial system of political organization based on patronage (the power to make appointments to government jobs based on family relations or friendships, rather than qualifications; used to control or influence political policies)

Answer 17

Political Machine

Question 18

Another name for the Family, the Democratic power elite of territorial and early statehood days in Arkansas; in general, the term means a group of rulers related by birth or marriage

Answer 18

Dynasty

Question 19

The political party founded by Thomas Jefferson that became known as the Democratic Party under the leadership of Andrew Jackson

Answer 19

Democratic Party

Question 20

A fight between two men in response to an insult, to settle a matter of honor

Answer 20

Duel

Question 21

The political party formed in opposition to Jackson’s Democratic Party

Answer 21

Whigs

Question 22

An agreement between the US government and Indian tribe defining land ownership

Answer 22

Treaty

Question 23

Cherokees’ leader, also known as George Gist, best known for his development of the written Cherokee language; he lived in Arkansas River valley around 1824

Answer 23

Sequoyah

Question 24

Protestant organization to teach and promote the Christian faith to the Cherokees and to provide needed services

Answer 24

Dwight Mission

Question 25

Town in the Arkansas River Valley that was originally established as a military outpost to monitor Indian Territory

Answer 25

Fort Smith

Question 26

The immigration route of southeastern Indian tribes forcibly removed from their native land to Indian Territory

Answer 26

Trail of Tears

Question 27

A road built by the US government to traverse Arkansas from Memphis to Fort Smith

Answer 27

Military Road

Question 28

Wheels made of horizontal blades powered by a steam engine that moved steamboats up and down America’s rivers

Answer 28

Paddlewheels

Question 29

Entire trees caught on a river bottom that could ‘saw’ a boat into pieces; similar to a snag

Answer 29

Sawyers

Question 30

Boats designed to remove snags from river channels; used to remove the Red River Raft

Answer 30

Snag Boats

Question 31

The building that houses a state’s legislature

Answer 31

Capitol