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Arkansas
The
Territory of Arkansas was
admitted to the Union as the 25th state on June 15, 1836. Arkansas
withdrew from the United States and joined the
Confederate States of America during the
Civil War. Upon returning to the Union, the state would continue to
suffer due to its earlier reliance on
slavery
and the
plantation economy, causing the state to fall behind economically
and socially.
White rural interests continued to dominate the state's politics
until
the Civil Rights movement in the mid-20th century. Arkansas began to
diversify its economy following
World War II and now relies on its service industry as well as
aircraft, poultry, steel and tourism in addition to cotton and rice.
The
culture of Arkansas is observable in museums, theaters, novels,
television shows, restaurants and athletic venues across the state.
Despite a plethora of cultural, economic, and recreational
opportunities, Arkansas is often stereotyped as a "poor, banjo-picking
hillbilly" state, a reputation dating back to early accounts of the
territory by frontiersmen in the early 1800s. Arkansas's enduring image
has earned the state "a special place in the American consciousness",
but it has in reality produced such prominent figures as
William Fulbright,
Bill Clinton,
Douglas MacArthur,
Sam
Walton and
Johnny Cash.
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