Vocabulary I
A tax placed on imported manufactured goods.
What is a protective tariff.
This Choctaw chief fought along side Andrew Jackson during the Creek Wars.
Who is Pushmataha?
The first public building in Mississippi territory.
What was a jailhouse?
December 10, 1817
When did Mississippi become a state?
The US paid this amount per acres for the Louisiana Purchase.
What is 3 cents?
The construction of roads, bridges, and canals in certain locations.
What is internal improvements?
Hester
Who escaped Fort Mims and warned soldiers at Fort Stoddard?
The two main transportation routes that was known for being dangerous because of bandits.
What is the Mississippi River and Natchez Trace?
The primary crop during Mississippi's Flush Times.
What is cotton?
This determined the slavery boundaries using the 36-30 N parallel.
What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Allegiance to local interests rather than national.
What is sectionalism?
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend.
What battle effectively ended the Creek Indians' participation in the War of 1812?
Jefferson College
What was the first state supported college in Mississippi?
The two major political factions in Mississippi during the antebellum period.
What are unionists and confederates?
This case determined that slaves were property regardless of location.
What is the Dred Scott decision of 1857?
Economic expansion in the 1830s Mississippi.
What is flush times?
This battle made General Andrew Jackson a national hero.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
What is the steamboat?
This removed land-ownership requirements for elected officials in Mississippi.
What is the Constitution of 1832?
The 1859 event that made many Southerners fearful of slave revolt?
What is John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry?
A person who is opposed to slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
The Indian leader that allied with the British.
Who is Tecumseh?
This person designed both the state capitol and the governor's mansion.
Who is William Nichols?
Pro-slavery speakers who traveled throughout the South.
What are fire-eaters?
50 acres.
What is the minimum land purchase requirement during Mississippi's Flush Times.