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AR History Final

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The ___ Mountains run east to west from Little Rock through the western half of the state.   show
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show James Colbert  
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In 1763, as a result of the Peace of Paris, Arkansas along with the rest of France's colonial possessions along the Mississippi were transferred to ___.   show
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The Mississippi Alluvial Plain of eastern Arkansas is most commonly known as ___.   show
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The major fault line which is centered in southeastern Missouri and which runs to Marked Tree, Arkansas, is the ___.   show
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The White River, Illinois River, and Fourche la Fave are all tributaries of the ___.   show
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An unsuccessful effort to restart French colonial efforts in Arkansas (and Louisiana) was associated in the 1720s with Scottish financier ___.   show
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show Louisiana Purchase  
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The Quapaws are a Sioux tribe that were settled in eastern Arkansas at the time of first contact with European settlers. They are also known as the ___.   show
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The ___ Indians lived in the southwestern part of Arkansas in individual homesteads during the colonial period.   show
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show The Toltec  
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show The "downstream people"  
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The first European expedition to make inroads into Arkansas was led by the conquistador ___.   show
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show The Mississippi River  
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show The Delta  
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show The Ozark Mountains  
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This tribe of Indians frequently killed any white hunters who trespassed on land they claimed as their own in western Arkansas.   show
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show LaSalle  
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The ‘bootheel’ region carved out of northeastern Arkansas and given to Missouri came about largely through the work of planter _________________.   show
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The battles of Jenkins’ Ferry, Poison Springs, and Marks’ Mills all center around the Union’s occupation of ___ during the late period of the Civil War.   show
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Opposition to the Civil War in the Ozarks was most clearly reflected by the organization of ____________________.   show
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The “carpetbag” governor who between 1868 and 1872 supported public education, railroads, and civil rights, but was associated with corruption, was ___________________________.   show
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show Scalawags  
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show True  
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show Abraham Lincoln  
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show Pea Ridge  
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show True  
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show Isaac Parker  
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show Abrose Servier  
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The lawyer-poet-Masonic scholar who led Arkansas Whigs from the 1830s to 1855 was __________________________.   show
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show cotton plantations  
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show Cane Hill College  
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show David Walker  
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The paper begun by printer William Woodruff at the Arkansas Post in November 1819, which was the oldest newspaper west of the Mississippi River until its demise in 1991, was ________________________.   show
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show Theophilus Holmes  
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show True  
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show Harvey Parnell  
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show the new state capitol  
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show El Dorado  
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Governor Jeff Davis used racist attitudes to attract popular support, even going so far as to support higher education for blacks.   show
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The Republican Party maintained a virtual monopoly on power in Arkansas between 1900 and 1920.   show
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____ was a federal official who temporarily withheld federal relief in 1935 because the Arkansas government would not provide any financial support for education or assistance to the aged, sick, and blind.   show
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show True  
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show Elaine  
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show England  
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The Brough administration in 1918 succeeded in passing a prohibition law, known popularly as the ___.   show
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Governor ____, elected in 1920, strongly opposed lynching and appointed some women to state jobs.   show
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show False  
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Governor Harvey Parnell was criticized by Arkansans for his costly ___.   show
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Men worked through the Anti-Saloon League to prohibit alcohol; Women worked through the ___.   show
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Johnny Cash, a famous country singer from Arkansas, was raised in the Dyess community during the Depression.   show
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In 1882 Opie Read founded ___,a comic newspaper, criticizing life in Arkansas at the time.   show
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show sharecropping  
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show Joseph T. Robinson  
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show Lum and Abner  
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The discovery of oil in south Arkansas early in the 20th century led to an economic boom, especially associated with the town of ___   show
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The Dyess Community, a model community established during the Depression, was the boyhood home of nationally-known country singer ___.   show
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Early in the Depression the desperation of eastern Arkansas farmers became evident with the outbreak of rioting, due to a shortage of Red Cross food vouchers, in the town of ___.   show
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Harvey Couch and Hamilton Moses were prominent businessmen largely responsible for the creation of   show
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show Mississippi River  
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The Southern Tenant Farmers Union was established in the Arkansas Delta during the Depression largely through the work of reformers such as ___.   show
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The most prominent World War II figure born in Arkansas was ___.   show
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show Hattie Caraway  
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show a balanced budget  
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show Sam Walton  
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Clinton was defeated in 1980 by Republican businessman ___.   show
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Riots among Vietnamese refugees at Fort Chaffee troubled Clinton's first term.   show
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show Wilbur D. Mills  
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show Revenue Stabilization Act  
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In 1966 ____ became the first Republican governor since Reconstruction   show
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The failed Arkansas land deal which came back to haunt Bill and Hillary Clinton during their first years in the White House concerned ___.   show
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Returning from World War II, Governor _____ led an effort to modernize the state in 1948.   show
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The Clinton Presidential Library and Museum is located in Hope, Arkansas.   show
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Jim Guy Tucker, after his conviction on income tax charges and fraud, was expelled from the governor's office by lieutenant governor, Republican ___.   show
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In the 1950s the episode of school desegregation in Arkansas that gained worldwide attention was at ___.   show
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___ made an unsuccessful bid for the presidency of the United States in the 2008 election, but was subsequently appointed U.S. Secretary of State.   show
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Orval Faubus' early record as governor can be characterized as liberal and progressive.   show
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L.C. and Daisy Bates operated a statewide newspaper for blacks beginning during World War II. This paper was the ___.   show
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show False  
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show False  
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show Dale Bumpers  
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show Tyson Foods  
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