Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The period after Reconstruction was called ____________ by Mark Twain and
Charles Warner.
a. | “The Renaissance” | c. | “The Age of
Industry” | b. | “The Reformation” | d. | “The Gilded
Age” |
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____________ was sent by the Federal Government to bring law and order to
western Arkansas and Indian Territory.
a. | Jesse James | c. | Charles Warner | b. | Isaac Parker | d. | Henry Starr |
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Northern Industrialist who owned and operated railroads were known as
a. | Robber Barons | c. | Robber Czars | b. | Red Barons | d. | Prohibitionist |
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To encourage railroad construction, local leaders often offered _________ to
railroad companies.
a. | bribes | c. | financial aid | b. | legal protection | d. | incentives |
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Arkansas is now number one in the production of rice, producing more then
a. | one million pounds per month. | c. | 6 million pounds per
year. | b. | nine billion pounds per year. | d. | two million pounds per
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Stuttgart Arkansas in named after a town in
a. | England. | c. | Spain. | b. | France. | d. | Germany. |
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Italian immigrants near Tonitown suffered from ________ by others who used
ethnic slurs.
a. | harassment | c. | prohibition | b. | disenfranchisement | d. | slander |
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A large number of __________ settled north of the Arkansas River in the bottom
lands of Conway County.
a. | German families | c. | poor white families | b. | Irish immigrants | d. | African-American
families |
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Before Prohibition, ____________ law made Arkansas a “bone dry”
state.
a. | the Jim Crowe | c. | the blue | b. | the Newberry | d. | the Liquor |
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_____________ used a hatchet to chop up saloons.
a. | Peitro Bandini | c. | Jay Gould | b. | Carrie Nation | d. | Samuel Fordyce |
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