Secession & Causes
What was the main reason Arkansas left the Union?
To protect slavery and states' rights.
What was the largest Civil War battle fought in Arkansas?
Battle of pea ridge
What agency helped freed slaves after the Civil War?
freedman Bureau
What event led Lincoln to call for a militia, pushing Arkansas to secede?
The attack on Fort Sumter.
What battle helped the Union gain control of southeast Arkansas?
Battle of Pine Bluff.
What farming system often trapped freedmen in poverty?
share cropping
What was the name of the group that wanted all slave states to secede together?
Cooperationists.
What battle allowed the Union to capture the state capital?
Battle for little rock
What laws separated races in public after Reconstruction?
jim crow laws
Who issued the call for 75,000 troops that outraged Southern states?
Abraham Lincoln.
What kind of informal fighting happened throughout Arkansas?
Gurrilla warfare
What war broke out over Arkansas’s governor race in 1874?
The Brooks-Baxter War.
What was the name of the meeting where Arkansas voted to leave the Union?
The Secession Convention
What 1864 military campaign focused on southern Arkansas?
camden expdition
What did the Arkansas Constitution of 1868 guarantee?
Voting and office-holding rights for Black men.