Thomas Hindman, perhaps the most problematic politician and Military figure in Arkansas during the Civil War. He took supplies from Arkansas citizens and argued with his fellow officers. Following the war, he was shot and killed in his home.
Ernest Green The first African-American to graduate from North Little Rock High School
Thomas Jefferson, was the president whenever the Louisiana Purchase occurred
Confederacy Some citizens in Arkansas supported the union while others supported the
Accurate First day the Little Rock Nine tried to attend Central High School, the governor sent the Arkansas National Guard to turn them away
Ozark Mountains Has Rogers, Fayetteville, and Springdale
Jefferson Davis President of the Confederate States of America
Paleo During which period did the climate of North America change and become more like the land we see today.
For The family was _______ Andrew Jackson
Over 500 How many civil war battles and skirmishes took place in Arkansas
Cherokee Which Native group was known for adopting many European customs?
Voters decide on an issue What is popular sovereignty
The Green Corn Ceremony one important tradition and celebration held by Arkansas Cherokee was a call
NE Arkansas and SE Missouri Where did the New Madrid earthquake strike
Townships After the war of 1812, the land we know as Arkansas was divided into 60
Southeast The ______ trail was a popular early route through Arkansas
Daisy Gatson Bates ___ ___ ___ was leader and mentor to the Little Rock Nine
Henry Conway Died in a famous duel against Robert Crittenden
Apple Blossom _____ is the state's flower
George Issard ___ was elected governor in 1860
Steam boat, Stage Coach ______ and ______ was the most effective method of transportation in territorial Arkansas
West Gulf Coastal Plain The Red, Ouachita, and Saline rivers run through
Virginia, Manassas The first big battle of the civil war took place in
Peaceful the Spanish generally did not have _____ interaction with Native Americans
Robert Crittenden Wanted to rid the Arkansas territory of all native tribes
American Mexican War The United States gained the territory of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and parts of other western states by the
The natural State _______ is arkansas Nickname
Arkansas did not have enough citizens for taxation _____ was governor William Fulton's main argument against Arkansas Statehood
Pine Tree _____ is the state tree
Crowley's Ridge ______ is the region that has a long narrow band that runs through the middle of the Arkansas delta
James Miller ____ was named the first governor of the new Arkansas territory
Gold The discovery of _____ encouraged settlers to move to California
Eli Whitney ______ invented the cotton gin
Longitude Lines ____ are lines that run east to west on the equator
Faults ____ are cracks or weak spots in the earth's surface
Hernando de Soto ____ led the first Europeans into Arkansas
Arkansas Gazette was the first newspaper printed in Arkansas
Zero Abraham Lincoln received ____ votes in the state of Arkansas
Mississippi River ___is the longest river in the united states
Abraham Lincoln ____was the first president of the union
Ulysses S. Grant Commanded all the Union armies, he played a key role in the unions capture of the Mississippi River, and later became a President of the United States
Union ____ was against slavery
Indian Removal Act Congress and President Jackson justify the removal of Native Americans from their homeland through the
Robert L Salle ____ was an explorer who claimed Arkansas for France
West Gulf Coastal Plain stretches across much of southern Arkansas
Sequoyah ____ created a written language for the Cherokee
Peace between Indian tribes was the original purpose of Ft. Smith
Arkansas River Valley ____ has Petit Jean mountains and Mount Magazine
Caddo ____ was well known for their pottery and pots that looked like human heads
Television several Little Rock students kept up on their school work through _____ course after the school was closed
New Madrid Fault Line _____ runs for 150 miles through Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and into Arkansas
Napoleon Bonaparte Eventually became dictator of France following the country's revolution
Before the war ___ was the Latin word for antebellum
The Confederate States of America ____ what it the name for the new nation
Orval Faubus ___ was the Arkansas governor during the little rock nine incident
Doug Sprouse ___ is the mayor of Springdale
Andrew Jackson won the battle of the New Orleans in 1850
Hernando de Soto ____ led the first European expedition into Arkansas
Benard De La Harpe ___ discovered the little frock
Appomattox Court House the official surrender of the confederate forces took place at ____ in Virginia
Lost years following the governor's decision to close high schools in Little Rock to avoid integration, the 1958-1959 school year became known as
Mississippi Alluvial Plain (Delta) ____ is the Arkansas main agricultural region
Caddo, Quapaw, Osage ____, ____, and ____ are the three Arkansas historic native tribes
Battle of Prairie Grove Thomas Hyman's attempt to regain northern Arkansas is known as the ____
Ouachita Mountains ____ Lies in the northwest area of Arkansas
Increased The cotton gin ____ the farmer's reliance on slavery
Buffalo River The ____ flows into the white river
Asa Hutchinson ____ is the governor of Arkansas
A theory that claims beneath the earth's crust there's a giant layer of rock called plates DEscribe plate tectonics
Compromise of 1850 the ___ angered pro-slavery and abolitionist groups
Europeans NAtives suffered greatly from disease following the encounter with ____
Integration the little rock nine were threatened and harassed at Central high because of school ____
Meriweather Lewis lead the first American expedition into Louisiana
Arkansas River ___ runs from the Rocky mountains of colorado to the Mississippi River
Northwest Passage ____ was the legendary waterway many hoped would lead from the Atlantic Ocean clear to the Pacific Ocean
An ecosystem a community of living things that interact with and depend upon each other in a certain environment
Little Rock SOme historians believe that if Totter had not surrendered the arsenal the civil war might have started in _____
Spain, France, United States _____, _____, and ____ have controlled the land that became Arkansas
Were not the french _____ the first Europeans to explore Arkansas
29th Aransas ranks ____ in size among all the other states
The Mississippi River is the most valuable natural resource in the state of Arkansas
Fort Sumter the civil war began when the confederate prevented _____ from being re-supplied by union forces
Fifteen ____ states were created from the Louisiana purchase
Regant Populus ( the people rule ) _____ is the Arkansas Motto
Sedimentary rock is the most abundant type of rock found in Arkansas
Archaeology is the study of people and societies who lived long ago
False the Missouri compromise declared Missouri a free state
Shaped like a horseshoe oxbow means,
Dwight D. Eisenhower sent the Us Army to restore order and escort the Little Rock Nine to school
Van Buren and Ft. Smith _____ and ____ became supply centers for people on their way to the California gold rush
Prehistoric means a time with no written records
Arkansas River Valley is located north of the Ouachita Mountains
1836 in ____ President Andrew Jackson made Arkansas our nation 25th States
Robert E. Lee _____ was a model student at West Point, he did not believe the southern session was the best choice. He supported his home state Virginia and the confederacy. He eventually became the commander of the army in Northern Virginia