Territory to a State
Why was the first capital moved?
Swampy and filled with mosquitos
More central
What does emancipate mean?
To set free
What was the name of the Union's plan against the Confederacy?
Anaconda Plan
What is the Reconstruction Era?
The period of time following the Civil War where the nation was rebuilding
What is abolition?
Permanent end to slavery
land had to be purchased in the Louisiana Purchase and then declared a territory
What is a martyr?
Someone who dies for their beliefs
Explain the Sultana Disaster.
The Sultana ship was carrying veterans home after the war. It was overcrowded and had a part messed up that caused an explosion and about a thousand people died
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
Helped freed slaves by providing assistance and education during the Reconstruction Era
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What did the Missouri Compromise do and how did it impact Arkansas statehood?
-Created a balance of slave states and free states
-Arkansas would come in as a slave state
-36 30 degree parallel line
What is secede?
To withdraw or leave
What was the primary reason Arkansas would be involved in the Civil War?
to protect their agricultural economy based on slavery
What are some ways Reconstruction helped progress in the US?
-14th and 15th amendment- African American influence in politics -Freedmen's Bureau
Who signed the Indian removal Act and what did it do?
Andrew Jackson in 1830- and it pushed Native Americans west past the MS River
Who benefitted the most from the relocation of Native Americans west?
farmers, white settlers who wanted land
What is popular sovereignty?
Majority vote; people rule and get to vote
What happened at the Secessionist Convention?
5 people voted to stay with the Union, 1 person wouldn't change their mind
Arkansas decided to secede and join the Confederacy
What was one way African Americans progressed in politics during Reconstruction?
African American men served as legislators which showed political influence
Why did former slaves have to participate in sharecropping?
What were some conflicts found in AR when it was a territory?
- Native American fights
- moving the capital
-statehood debates
-issues with the governor
What is a carpetbagger?
A northerner who comes from the North to the South in order to profit from Reconstruction policies
What motivated the secession of southern states to form the Confederacy?
Election of 1860- President Lincoln and the fear he would abolish slavery everywhere in the US
Explain the effects of sharecropping.
- consistent cycle of debt for former slaves
-the landowner provided the land that the tenant worked on & received a share of the crops
-showed a divide in races
Describe ALL the pieces to the military plan the Union used.
- blockade ports to prevent trade with other nations
-take MS river to cut Confederacy in half
-Take Richmond (the capital of the Confederacy)