- 1. Mississippi Territorial period lasted how many decades?
A) two (2) decades
B) five (5) decades
A) political part of the South
B) cleared and farmed land they did not own
A) movement from Europe
B) before Civil War Era
- 4. Who became the first governor of Mississippi?
A) James Wallace
B) David Holmes
- 5. What year did Mississippi become a state?
A) 1776
B) 1812
C) 1817
- 6. In 1804 Mississippi territory was extended North to _____________.
A) Texas
B) Tennessee
C) Florida
- 7. Stage 3 of statehood admission began when the population reached ______________.
A) 100,000
B) 60,000
- 8. Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into what two states?
A) Mississippi and Arkansas
B) Alabama and Mississippi
- 9. Stage 2 of statehood admission began when the population of free men reached what number?
A) 5,000
B) 25,000
- 10. Where was the first state legislative meeting in Mississippi held?
A) Hattiesburg
B) Washington
- 11. What kind of judges handled civil matters in settlement of estates?
A) justice of peace
B) probate judges
- 12. Where does Jackson, Mississippi get its name?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) Benjamin Franklin
- 13. Jackson wanted the Indians to move where?
A) West
B) North
- 14. During the 19th century, what two Indian groups controlled most of Mississippi?
A) Navajo and Nez Perce
B) Choctaw and Chicksaw
- 15. What was the name of the first capital of the Mississippi Territory?
A) Durant
B) Natchez
- 16. The present Constitution we are living under was passed __________.
A) 1906
B) 1812
C) 1832
- 17. How many years after statehood did Mississippi need a new Constitution?
A) 15
B) 50
C) 100
- 18. Where on the Pearl River did the legislature decide to put the capital?
A) Red Bluff
B) Lefleurs Bluff
C) Pearl
- 19. How many acres are in a section?
A) 1000
B) 10
C) 640
- 20. How many sections are in a township?
A) 12
B) 36
C) 50
- 21. What document set up a framework for government and determined powers?
A) constitution
B) voting act of 1856
C) bill of rights
- 22. Andrew Jackson's famous quote was about what famous Act?
A) Cotton Rights
B) Antebellum banking
C) Indian Removal Act
- 23. Who did Jefferson appoint as governor in the Mississippi Territory?
A) Andrew Jackson
B) Ben Wallace
C) W C C Cl airborne
- 24. The Northwest Ordinance provided for the admission of new states.
A) true
B) false
- 25. Indians and African Americans were counted in the 60,000 statehood process.
A) false
B) true
- 26. Some settlers had to purchase land grants from Georgia for a time because they controlled most of the Mississippi Territory.
A) false
B) true
- 27. Settlers east of the Pearl River controlled the politics of the territorial period, Natchez wasn't a factor.
A) true
B) false
- 28. The Southern border of Mississippi was extended to the Gulf Coast after the War of 1812.
A) false
B) true
- 29. In 1817 blacks and non-taxpaying whites could not vote in Mississippi
A) false
B) true
- 30. After the Constitution of 1832 was passes the time period became known as the "era of the common man."
A) true
B) false
- 31. Slavery was never a divisive and troubling issue for Mississippi.
A) true
B) false
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