Slaves Farmers Life in early Arkansas States 1 st Elected officials Random Fact
The most important holiday for slaves
Christmas
Free-black man who was a candy maker.
Nathan Warren
“Spirituals” were a combination of what two types of songs
African American and Christian songs
Former slave that started the First Missionary Baptist Church of Little Rock.
Wilson Brown
What compromise was made in the General Assembly regarding Slavery when the state constitution was written?
The slave counties had more membership in the House and the free counties had more representation in the Senate
Owned small plots of land
Yeoman Farmers
Owned large amounts of land and highest percentage of slaves
Planters/Plantation owners
Social Class that dominated the State.
Planters
Plantations grew what “cash” crop
cotton
Yeoman Farmers tended to support this political party
Democrats
Planters tended to support this political party
Whigs
Most young people could only meet people at
Church
Early voting was done by
voice
To vote in Arkansas, a person had to be how old
21
Tax surplus was used to build a new ____________
Prison
What was the name of the first locomotive in Arkansas
The Little Rock
What political organization controlled politics in Arkansas
The Family
1 st Governor of Arkansas
James Conway
1 st member to U.S. House of Representatives
Archibald Yell
Name one of the first two U.S. Senators
William Fulton / Ambrose Sevier
How were United States Senators originally chosen
Appointed by the General Assembly
The overland route from Memphis to Little Rock
Military Road
Percentage of Arkansas Slave population in 1860
25%
Largest Arkansas town in 1860
Little Rock (3,727)
Name given to Arkansas troops that fought in War with Mexico
Mounted Devils of Arkansas