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Arkansas History

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What major change reshaped Arkansas’s legal and labor systems after the Civil War?

  • The return of colonial rule
  • The abolition of slavery
  • The discovery of gold statewide
  • The end of all farming
Correct answer(s):
  • The abolition of slavery

Which labor systems became widespread in postwar Arkansas?

  • Feudal serfdom and guild labor
  • Only factory wage work
  • Whaling and maritime labor
  • Tenant farming and sharecropping
Correct answer(s):
  • Tenant farming and sharecropping

Which president sent federal troops to protect the Little Rock Nine?

  • Theodore Roosevelt
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower
Correct answer(s):
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

How did the Arkansas region become part of the United States in 1803?

  • Through the Mexican Cession
  • Through the Oregon Treaty
  • Through the Gadsden Purchase
  • Through the Louisiana Purchase
Correct answer(s):
  • Through the Louisiana Purchase

What was Arkansas Post historically known as?

  • A French settlement and trading post
  • A Spanish Pacific seaport
  • A gold-mining camp
  • A New England textile city
Correct answer(s):
  • A French settlement and trading post

Whose Spanish expedition crossed the Arkansas region in the sixteenth century?

  • Lewis and Clark
  • John Smith
  • Francisco Pizarro
  • Hernando de Soto
Correct answer(s):
  • Hernando de Soto

Which Indigenous people were especially associated with the lower Arkansas River and southeastern Arkansas?

  • Inuit
  • Seminole
  • Quapaw
  • Nez Perce
Correct answer(s):
  • Quapaw

What was Arkansas’s early position during the secession crisis?

  • It immediately declared neutrality forever
  • It initially resisted secession
  • It had already left the Union in 1803
  • It immediately joined the Union for the first time
Correct answer(s):
  • It initially resisted secession