People of Arkansas
Who negotiated the Louisiana Purchase?
Thomas Jefferson
What native tribe was forced to move from their homelands to government lands?
Eastern Cherokee
Where did Hunter and Dunbar decide to explore after they decided against the Great Expedition?
HINT: One is a river and one is a state.
Ouachita River & Northern Louisiana
What was the name of the Earthquake that struck Arkansas in 1811?
New Madrid Earthquake
What two systems were established when Arkansas became a territory?
-Court System
-Transportation System
Much of the United States was measured and laid out using the system created by who?
Thomas Jefferson
What tribe began to lose more land due to white settlers?
Quapaw
What did the surveyors of the Missouri Territory request that the land be divided into?
Townships
What was the size of the earthquake of 1811 believed to be?
8.0 or higher
What year did Arkansas become a territory?
1819
Who was the senator that helped to establish the Missouri Compromise line along the northern border of Arkansas?
Henry Clay
Which native tribe tried to adapt to the American way of life?
Cherokee
List one other notable explorer besides Hunter & Dunbar.
-Nutall
-Pike
-Feathersonhaugh
-Schoolcraft
What river changed its course due to the earthquake that hit Arkansas in 1811?
Mississippi River
What was the document that was used to determine whether future states that came into the Union were free or slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Which president signed a bill making Arkansas a territory?
James Monroe
Where was the US outpost located that kept the peace among the tribes and brought law and order?
HINT: It is a city.
Fort Smith
List other jobs/attributes that Dunbar possessed. (Only one other job)
-Scientist
-Inventor
-Plantation owner
-Naturalists
-Surveyor
-Astronomer
What city had some of the biggest aftershocks from the earthquake that hit Arkansas in 1811?
Parkin
What was the first mission and school that opened in Pope County by the Protestant missionaries called?
Dwight Mission
Name the two explorers that President Thomas Jefferson sent to explore the Arkansas Region.
Hunter & Dunbar
What was the treaty called between the Quapaws and the US government that reduced Quapaw lands drastically?
Treaty of 1818
What was the name of the first capital of Arkansas?
Arkansas Post
Where were settlers and Native Americans living near when the earthquake of 1811 hit Arkansas?
St. Francis River
Who did war break out against right before Hunter and Dunbar left to explore Arkansas?
Osage tribes