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Chapter 4 Study Guide

Statehood: Study Guide Name_____________________ Chapter 4
 * 1)  Who built the capitol building?
 * 2)  What was it a sign of?
 * 3)  Who introduced Arkansas wanting to become a state?
 * 4)  Explain the balance issue that was a problem with Arkansas becoming a state?
 * 5)  What Presidential candidate needed Arkansas’s electoral votes?
 * 6)  Who was selected to carry the new state constitution to Washington, D.C?
 * 7)  What compromise was made in the state legislature regarding slavery?
 * 8)  What version of the state constitution reached Washington first?
 * 9)  Who was sent to the United States Senate?
 * 10)  Were they elected? Who selected the US Senators if they were not elected?
 * 11)  Who was the Real Estate Bank opened for?
 * 12)  What groups of citizens used the State Bank?
 * 13)  What does “Specie Circular” mean?
 * 14)  What was the purpose of “Common School Law”?
 * 15)  Who were the first four state governors of Arkansas? In order.
 * 16)  What was the name of the overland route between Memphis and Little Rock?
 * 17)  What was the name of the first locomotive in Arkansas?
 * 18)  What is a Yeoman Farmer?
 * 19)  What social class dominated the state?
 * 20)  Who was a famous candy maker in Arkansas? Why is that important?
 * 21)  What are spirituals? And what combination of music were they comprised of?
 * 22)  What kind of food did we gain from African Americans?
 * 23)  What was the Panic of 1837?
 * 24)  What was the basis for the Arkansans diet?
 * 25)  What was the Arkansans most prized possession?
 * 26)  Who was governor during the Mexican War?
 * 27)  Who was governor during the Gold Rush in California?
 * 28)  Who was President during the Mexican War?
 * 29)  Who was governor during the opening and closing of the state banks?
 * 30)  Bowie Knife was named for this person?
 * 31)  Who stopped and ate dinner in Little Rock on his way to fight at the Alamo?
 * 32)  Free black man that started the First Missionary Baptist Church in Little Rock?
 * 33)  Only battle that troops from Arkansas fought in during War with Mexico?
 * 34)  What was Texas called as it waited to become a state?
 * 35)  What was the most important holiday for slaves?
 * 36)  Were did most young people go to meet to start courting?
 * 37)  What were the requirements to vote the early years of statehood?
 * 38)  Who fought at the Alamo and also ate dinner in Little Rock?
 * 39)  The Whig party consisted mostly of what group of people?