Explorers
Native Tribes
Exploration
Expansion
Vocabulary
100

Who established the Arkansas Post/ the first European settlement in Arkansas?

Henri de Tonti

100

The Osage natives: 

Where were they located in AR?

What are they known for?

North AR, Around AR River Valley

Hunting and moving around (nomadic)

Fierce tribe

5 clans led by "Little Old Men"

100

What was the main reason for Spanish conquistadors to explore the Americas?

To conquer and find riches of gold and silver

100

How much was the Louisiana Purchase?

$15 million

100

What is animism?

The belief in animals, plants, and other things having spirits

200

What was Hernando de Soto's impact?

-Greatest find MS River

-first European settler in AR (Spanish conquistador)

-convinced Natives he was a god

200

Quapaw Natives: 

Where were they located in AR?

What are they known for?

Mississippi Alluvial Plains

Farmers, but known for befriending and having good trade relations

Flat top dwellings "long houses"

200

Who was the first European explorer to step foot in Arkansas?

Hernando de Soto 

(Spanish conquistador)

200

Why did Napoleon need to sell the Louisiana territory? 

For money for his military efforts/ war in England

He lost St Domingue

200

What is immunity and how did it have an impact in European exploration in the Americas?

Being able to fight off disease

Native Americans were dying from European diseases because they had no immunity to them

300

What did Marquette and Joliet do for the French?

Their goal was to find the Gulf of Mexico and to create trade relations with Native Americans

300

Caddo Natives

Where were they located in AR?

What are they known for? 

South West AR West Gulf Coastal Plain region

Agriculture/ farming

Pottery and basket weaving

300

How much was the Louisiana Purchase and how much land was purchased?

$15 million

500 million acres which doubled the size of the United States

300

What is the main reason Jefferson wanted the Louisiana territory?

Mississippi River Valley/ Port of New Orleans

300

What is barter?

The exchange of goods without money


400

Robert de La Salle is known for what?

- Exploring the basin of the MS

-Claiming it for France by putting in wooden column

(named it Louisiana)

-trying to go there again and missed, landed in present-day Texas

400

What are different ways Native Americans were impacted by European exploration?

-disease (no immunity against their populations)

-displacement and forced relocation

-trade and relations

-violence and conflict

400

What was different about the way the French and Spanish explored?

The French were focused on learning/ trading with the Native Americans

The Spanish were focused on conquering and finding gold/ resources

400

What was put into place to resolve conflict over the expansion of slavery?

Missouri Compromise

400

What is displacement? and give an example based on expansion of European settlements.

Native Americans were displaced and indigenous peoples were forced to relocate from their homelands

Indian Removal Act

500

Who discovered the rock that was little when they were in Arkansas which would eventually lead to the capital?

Bernard de la Harpe

500
Compare and contrast the different Native American tribes in Arkansas.

Osage- nomadic warriors, hunting, Northern AR

Quapaw- trade relations, farmers, Eastern AR the Delta

Caddo- farmers, pottery, Southern AR


500

Who explored present-day Hot Springs and the Ouachita Mountains region?

Hunter-Dunbar

500

What are the results of the Louisiana Purchase?

Doubled the size of the US

Led to Lewis and Clark expeditions

Gave US MS River Valley/ port of New Orleans

Growth in agriculture, resources, and land out West

500

Describe the Missouri Compromise.

-Created a balance of slave states and free states in the country

-tried to resolve conflict between states

-Maine would be a free state, Missouri would be a slave state

-It established the 36°30′ parallel for which new states would be free or slave