Unit 2 MS Studies Coach Caver

The largest mound in Mississippi is

Who was Mississippi’s first territorial governor?

What was the set of laws issued by Governor Bienville that covered every aspect of slavery?

The French exploration of the Mississippi River was led by

 In the period from 1860 to 1890, which experience was shared by most Native Americans living in western states?

 The original Native Americans who came to North America

What fort was established at the present day site of Natchez to protect French settlers from the Native Americans?

 Planners decided that the new capital, Jackson, would be located

The chief cash crop of antebellum era Mississippi was what?

 Pinckney’s Treaty gave the United States

The Panic of 1837

 Most slaves in Mississippi

The original Spanish exploration of Mississippi was led by__________________.

After 1832, an elected _________________ governed each county in Mississippi.

 What was the final European country to occupy Mississippi before the United States gained control?

Who was the first state governor of Mississippi?

The first European settlement in Mississippi was developed by what French explorer?

Which of the following was not a period of early Native American history?

Who were the first European explorers to visit Mississippi?

 What is another name for gold and silver?

Railroads were constructed in Mississippi to

 Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into two separate territories.  The western territory was Mississippi and th

Which of the following is true?

 In 1860, an estimated _____ percent of Mississippians owned slaves.

Iberville established the first European settlement in Mississippi at what location?

Hernando De Soto discovered

 ______________ refers to a period of time prior to the Civil War.

 The _____ were among the Native American societies present in Mississippi when Europeans and Africans arrived.

The trek of the Native Americans from their homes to Oklahoma was given this nickname because of the number of them who

The slave population in Mississippi

 Native Americans

 On what date did Mississippi become the 20th state of the United States?

The original territorial capital of Mississippi was located in what city?

The principal route between Natchez and Nashville was

 In 1821, it was decided that Mississippi's capital would be moved to

The theory of changing Native American culture to be more like that of the white Americans was known as what?

Mississippi's nineteenth century (1800s) population consisted of

What was the framework that governed the territories of the United States?

_____ was a prominent, free black man who lived in Natchez.

What term means a formal agreement between two nations?