Sevond 9 Weeks Test

Question 1

Who won all the state offices in 1836?

Answer 1

The dynasty

Question 2

How did the “specie circular” prompt a nationwide economic disaster?

Answer 2

President Jackson required hold or silver to be used for all transactions.

Question 3

What was the “Common School Law” that was put into effect by the general assembly by governor Yell?

Answer 3

Set aside land in each township that was to be sold to provide money for schools

Question 4

What is a squatter?

Answer 4

Someone who took over land because it had not been surveyed

Question 5

What was the cash crop for Arkansas?

Answer 5

Cotton

Question 6

Who was primarily blamed for the violence in Arkansas?

Answer 6

Young unmarried men

Question 7

What is the oldest continuing school in Arkansas?

Answer 7

St. Mary’s Academy

Question 8

What is the name for the Arkansas troops that volunteered to fight in the Mexican war?

Answer 8

Mounted devils of Arkansas

Question 9

How did the California gold rush affect Arkansas in 1849?

Answer 9

Arkansas was the starting point for one of the major trails in California

Question 10

What was the Mountain Meadows massacre?

Answer 10

Massacre of Arkansas man, woman and children in Utah

Question 11

Arkansas was the____state to become part of the United States.

Answer 11

25th

Question 12

First secretary and acting governor of Arkansas territory

Answer 12

Robert Crittenden

Question 13

What was Robert Crittendens political party?

Answer 13

The Whig party

Question 14

What was the year the Arkansas became a territory?

Answer 14

1819

Question 15

What year did Arkansas become a state?

Answer 15

1836

Question 16

What was the first capital of Arkansas?

Answer 16

The Arkansas post

Question 17

What was the second capital of Arkansas?

Answer 17

Little Rock

Question 18

Which treaty let the Cherokee change their mind for new land in Arkansas

Answer 18

Treaty of 1817

Question 19

What was the name of the mission that was built near Russellville by protestants with the purpose of converting the Native Americans?

Answer 19

Dwight mission

Question 20

What major they caused many people, including Tennessee “volunteers” to travel through Arkansas?

Answer 20

The Texas revolution

Question 21

Who is Arkansas’s “sister state”?

Answer 21

Michigan

Question 22

What were two requirements for statehood?

Answer 22

50,000 citizens and their own state constitution

Question 23

What were the five counties a territorial Arkansas?

Answer 23

Clark County, Hempstead County, Arkansas County, Pulaski County, Lawrence County

Question 24

What were the four governors of Arkansas territory in order?

Answer 24

James Miller, George Izard John Pope, William Fulton

Question 25

Boat with a rounded bottom and structure that helps it move straight; could be pulled upstream by men or horses or pushed along with polls

Answer 25

Keel boat

Question 26

A raft like about used for floating downstream

Answer 26

Float boat

Question 27

Why did Arkansas not want Arkansas to become a state?

Answer 27

Becoming a state would require Arkansas to pay higher taxes

Question 28

Boats designed to remove the blockage from River channels; such as the red river raft

Answer 28

Snag boat

Question 29

Fastest way of transportation during territorial.; Included paddlewheels to power the steam engine

Answer 29

Steamboat

Question 30

He brought ideas from Britain illegally, which led to the first US spinning mill.

Answer 30

Samuel Slater

Question 31

Term that means "hands off policy;" (government doesn't interfere)

Answer 31

Lazie faire

Question 32

Responsible for the first transatlantic cable.

Answer 32

Cyrus field

Question 33

First dual purpose textile factory built in eastern Massachusetts; hired women

Answer 33

Lowell factory

Question 34

Created with invention of cotton gin

Answer 34

Eli Whitney

Question 35

What did the Adams onis treaty do?

Answer 35

Added Florida to the US

Question 36

Which of the following is a reason why factories begin in the. New England states?

Answer 36

Fast-moving river, large workforce, access to the ocean

Question 37

What's the following describes the Rush bagot treaty

Answer 37

Limited the US and Britain is naval forces on the Great Lakes

Question 38

Which of the following is part of the Monroe doctrine

Answer 38

Close the United States to any further colonization by other nations

Question 39

Where did the national Road texted you

Answer 39

Vandalia Illinois

Question 40

Which of the following best describes the Erie Canal system

Answer 40

Brought cheap transport of western farmers good to new York

Question 41

What was the Supreme Court ruling in the McCoullough vs Maryland

Answer 41

The Supreme Court ruled that the state could not attach the national bank

Question 42

Who was present during the war of 1812

Answer 42

James Madison

Question 43

Who was the Shawnee chief you attempted to unify Indian tribes

Answer 43

Tecumseh

Question 44

What battle did American forces beat the British and Native Americans ending the American resistance on the Ohio River Valley

Answer 44

Battle of Thames

Question 45

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner

Answer 45

Francis Scott Key

Question 46

What was the treaty that ended the war of 1812

Answer 46

Treaty of Ghent

Question 47

What were causes of the war of 1812

Answer 47

Impressment and the British wanted to get on the American ships because they were treated better and got better pay

Question 48

Describe the Marbury versus Madison Supreme Court case

Answer 48

The Supreme Court ruled against Marbury because of judicial review