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Arkansas History
Prior to the westward movement of Native American people,
Arkansas was inhabited
by Quapaw, Caddo, and Osage Nations.
The first European to reach the region was the Spaniard, Hernando de Soto,
at the end of the 16th Century. Early Spanish and French explorers gave
the state its name which is probably a phonetic spelling for the French
or Catalan word for "downriver people" - a reference to the
Quapaw Native Americans.
Arkansas was part of the area acquired by the United States in the 1803
Louisiana Purchase from France. Prior to statehood,
the region was known as the "Arkansaw Territory". In this
territorial period, the five "civilized" tribes, namely the
Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, and Seminole, inhabited Arkansas.
Arkansas was admitted to the Union on
June 15th 1836
as the 25th state. Arkansas was a slave state, but initially refused to
join the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War,
although it did join later, and was the scene of several battles.
During the Civil Rights struggle, Arkansas was the site
of a famous confrontation between the federal government and
local whites, who were resisting the desegregation of
Central High School
in the state capital, Little Rock.
During this period, President Eisenhower famously sent troops to escort nine African-American
students who were trying to enroll in the school.
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States
(President from
1993 to
2001),
was born in Hope, Arkansas,
and served as Governor of the state (50th and 52nd Governor of
Arkansas) for almost 12 years prior to being elected
President.
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