Important People
Clara Barton started this organization that helped soldiers and disaster victims.
American Red Cross
The global war from 1914–1918 that the United States joined in 1917.
World War I
A movement that tried to improve government, working conditions, and society in the early 1900s.
Progressive Movement / Progressive Era
The severe economic downturn that began in 1929
Great Depression
During the early 1900s, many Arkansas families lived and worked on these agricultural areas
farms
This Arkansas governor helped bring many reforms to the state during the Progressive Era.
George Donaghey
Arkansas farmers were encouraged to grow more of this crop to help feed soldiers during the war.
food crops / cotton / crops for the war effort
Many people moved from farms to cities to work in these during the early 1900s
factories
During the Depression, many Arkansas farmers struggled because crop prices were very ____.
low
Many Arkansas farmers did not own their land and instead worked under this system where they paid the landowner with part of their crops.
sharecropping
This famous Arkansas senator strongly supported segregation and opposed civil rights for many years.
John L. McClellan
Many Arkansas soldiers trained at this large military camp during World War I.
Camp Pike
This new technology helped connect Arkansas communities and improve travel
automobiles
Many people lost their jobs and could not afford basic needs like food and housing
unemployment / poverty
During the Progressive Era, reformers worked to improve public services like this place where children go to learn.
schools / education
This Arkansas woman became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
Hattie Caraway
Arkansas industries increased production of these supplies needed for the war
weapons, uniforms, and war supplies
New laws were passed to improve education and reduce this problem among children
child labor
Government programs during the 1930s helped create jobs and improve roads and buildings.
New Deal
Many Arkansas communities began building these to make travel easier for cars and trucks.
roads / highways
This Arkansas governor helped improve education and state infrastructure and later donated land and money to help build what is now the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
George Donaghey
When the United States entered World War I in 1917, many Arkansas men joined the military through this system that required men to register for possible military service.
draft (Selective Service Act)
As transportation improved in Arkansas during the early 1900s, the increasing use of this invention helped create demand for better roads.
automobile
During the Great Depression, many Arkansas farmers struggled because the prices for this important crop dropped very low
cotton
This violent event in 1919 in Phillips County occurred when Black sharecroppers organizing for fair crop payments were attacked, becoming one of the worst racial conflicts in Arkansas history
Elaine Massacre