Arkansas Reconstruction to World War II
... ” This is theme that has carried throughout the Arkansas experience. ... Lincoln had warned that the south should go from a slave dependant region and that of agriculture economics but having no solutions, the northern republicans would help develop a sound economy in Arkansas. ... The light didn’t hit Arkansas. Politicians from the North starting with presidential reconstruction, congressional reconstruction and economic reconstruction entered a hot bed of controversy. The natives of Arkansas wanted to continue their way of life and so the Republican Politician had to resort to bribery and dishonest practices to enact any legislation. ... The water control system in Arkansas was a major factor in the economic development. ... The dawning on the roaring 20’s brought out the frontier spirit in Arkansas.