Arkansas Becomes a State

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  1. 2. Arkansas asked Congress to become a state before checking the population because of the ___________ of sending messages.
  2. 8. Arkansas became a state on _______ 15, 1835.
  3. 11. Arkansas joined the Union along with the free state ______________.
  4. 12. Eventually delegates at the constitutional convention agreed on a _____________.
  5. 15. Many historians have debated whether or not Arkansas was ____________ in becoming a state.
  6. 18. The struggle for statehood was a ______ process.
  7. 19. Arkansas became the _______ state of the Union.
  8. 20. Many Arkansas residents questioned if it would be better to become a state or continue as a _____________.
  9. 22. In 1833, Sevier introduced a bill asking for a territorial ______.
  10. 24. Delegates from the Southeast part of the state wanted apportionment to be based on the _______ population.
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  1. 1. The bill admitting Arkansas was ______ in Congress.
  2. 3. Delegates from the Northwest part of the state wanted apportionment to be based on only _____ citizens.
  3. 4. Territorial Governor Fulton wanted Arkansas to wait to become a state until it had developed more ______________.
  4. 5. One of the issues with Arkansas’s Territorial Government was that it did very little to improve ________________.
  5. 6. One of the complaints Arkansas residents made prior to statehood was the lack of a strong ____________.
  6. 7. ________ supported the push for statehood during the election of 1830.
  7. 9. The issue of apportionment created a __________ during the constitutional convention.
  8. 10. One of the first steps for a territory to become a state is to hold a ___________ convention.
  9. 13. The territorial governor was appointed by the ____________.
  10. 14. The only issue that caused dispute during the constitutional convention was the question of __________ in the General Assembly.
  11. 16. Southern politicians were worried that admitting Michigan as a state would shift the power in Congress towards ___________ states.
  12. 17. Residents complained about the unreliability of the ______ system.
  13. 21. Governor Fulton used a “____________” to avoid creating a state constitution.
  14. 22. Arkansas held its constitutional convention with little __________.
  15. 23. ________ urged caution and did not support the push for statehood during the election of 1830.