Chapter
Chapter 3 French Colonies
Initial French Exploration
La Salle’s first expedition
La Salle’s second expedition
The Mississippi River rediscovered
Bienville succeeds Iberville
The Bienville Era, 1702–1743
The War of Spanish Succession
Fort Rosalie and disputes with the Natchez Indians
A second episode with the Natchez
Governor La Périer and the Natchez massacres
The end of company control
Final Years of French Rule in Mississippi
Governor Vaudreuil, 1743–1753
Governor Kerlerec and the French and Indian war, 1753–1763
The end of the French period
Chapter 4 The British Period, 1763–1781
Governor George Johnstone, 1764–1767
Lieutenant Governor Browne, 1767–1769
Governor Elias Durnford, 1769–1770
Governor Peter Chester, 1770–1781
Chapter 5 Spanish Rule, 1781–1798
Spanish Administration in Natchez
Population growth and land grants
Chapter 6 The Territorial Period, 1798–1817
The First Stage of Territorial Government
Governor Winthrop Sargent, 1798–1801
The Second Stage of Territorial Government
Governor William C. C. Claiborne, 1801–1803
The Louisiana Purchase, 1803
Governor Robert Williams, 1805–1809
Governor David Holmes, 1809–1817
The Annexation of West Florida
The Battle of New Orleans
Chapter 7 The New State, 1817–1832
Progress towards Statehood
The Constitutional Convention of 1817
The Declaration of Rights
Formal Admission to Statehood
Governor David Holmes, October 1817–January 1820
Governor George Poindexter, January 1820–January 1822
The acquisition of Choctaw land
The selection of Jackson as the capital
Governor Walter Leake, January 1822–November 1825
Governor David Holmes, January 1826–July 1826
The case for internal improvements
Governor Gerard C. Brandon, July 1826–January 1832
Presidential election of 1828
Governor Abram M. Scott, January 1832–November 1833
The constitutional convention
Chapter 8 Antebellum Politics
Review of National Political Party History
Transitions Following the Constitution of 1832
The Nullification Controversy
Governor Hiram G. Runnels, November, 1833–November, 1835
The Extraordinary Interim of Governor John A. Quitman
Governor Charles Lynch, January 1836–January 1838
Political party competition
Governor Alexander G. Mcnutt, January 1838–January 1842
Expanding population, slavery, and sectionalism
The Union Bank Bonds Controversy
Governor Tilghman M. Tucker, January 1842–January 1844
Governor Albert G. Brown, January 1844–January1847
The question of education
Chapter 9 Antebellum Life
The availability of farmland
The Social Structure: Whites
The Social Structure: African Americans
Firsthand memories of slavery
Chapter 10 Mounting Sectional Strife
Mississippi and the War with Mexico
Governor Joseph W. Matthews, January 1848–January 1850
Governor John A. Quitman, January 1850–February 1851
Responses to the Compromise of 1850
Governor Henry S. Foote, January 1852–January 1854
Revival of sectional conflict
Governor John J. McRae, January 1854–November 1857
Governor William McWillie, November 1857–November 1859
Chapter 11 Secession and Civil War
John Jones Pettus, November 1859–November 1863
Presidential Election of 1860
The Civil War, 1861–18652
Ship Island and the Gulf Coast
The Vicksburg Campaign, 1862–1863
The first attack on Vicksburg
Grant in North Mississippi
The second attack on Vicksburg: Sherman on the River
Grant’s southern campaign
Sherman’s marches, 1863 and 1864
Brice’s Crossroads and Nathan Bedford Forrest
The peace movement and politics
Chapter 12 Reconstruction in Mississippi
Presidential Reconstruction, 1865–1867
The Constitutional Convention of 1865
Congressional or “Radical” Reconstruction, 1867–1876
Military re-occupation and new voter registration in 1867
The Mississippi Republican party and its opposition
The Constitutional Convention of 1868
The Alcorn–Powers administration, 1870–1874
Divisions in the Mississippi Republican party
The End of Reconstruction
The “Tax Payers’ Convention”
The “First Mississippi Plan”
The Hayes–Tilden Compromise
Chapter 13 Bourbons and Populists
Democratic Party Supremacy
Governors John M. Stone And Robert Lowry, 1876–1896
The Demand for a New State Constitution
Bill of rights and general provisions
The legislative department
State Financial Difficulties
Governor Anselm Mclaurin, 1896–1900
The Spanish–American war, 1898
The triumph of “Jim Crow”
Governor Andrew Houston Longino, 1900–1904
The primary election law of 1902
Other developments during Longino’s administration
Intrastate sectional disputes
Chapter 14 Into the Twentieth Century: Economic and Social Trends
New Opportunities for an Education
The beginnings of a public school system
Chapter 15 Progressive “Rednecks”
The Beginning of Progressive Reforms
Governor James K. Vardaman, 1904–1908
Governor Edmond F. Noel, 1908–1912
Governor Earl Leroy Brewer, 1912–1916
Governor Theodore G. Bilbo, 1916–1920
The decline of progressivism
Chapter 16 A New Era: The 1920s
The Decline of the Progressive “Rednecks”
Governor Lee M. Russell, 1920–1924
Governor Henry L. Whitfield, 1924–1928
Governor Bilbo’s Second Administration, 1928–1932
The junior college movement
Chapter 17 The Depression Years
The end of the Bilbo administration, 1928–1932
Governor Martin Sennett Conner, 1932–1936
The New Deal in Mississippi
Chapter 18 A Rich Cultural Heritage
Chapter 19 The World War II Era
Governor Paul Burney Johnson, 1940–1944
Mississippi and World War II
Governor Thomas L. Bailey, 1944–1947
Governor Fielding L. Wright, 1947–1952
Governor Hugh L. White’s second administration, 1952–1956
The presidential election of 1952
Governor James Plemon Coleman, 1956–1960
Chapter 21 Religious Life
Pervasive Acknowledgment of Faith
Chapter 22 The Second Reconstruction
Governor Ross Barnett, 1960–1964
Barnett’s economic program
Barnett versus civil rights
Politics during the Barnett years
Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr., 1964–1968
Governor John Bell Williams, 1968–1972
Politics during the Williams years
Chapter 23 Times of Transition
The system of transportation
Energy and communication resources
Governor William Lowe Waller, 1972–1976
Politics during the Waller years
Governor Cliff Finch, 1976–1980
Politics during the Finch years
Amendments to the state constitution
Chapter 24 The Social Environment
Chapter 25 Recent Political Trends
Governor William Winter Begins a New Era
Governor William A. Allain, 1984–1988
Governor Raymond E. “Ray” Mabus, 1988–1992
Governor Kirk Fordice and the New Two-Party Era
Governor Ronnie Musgrove’s controversial election in 1999
Chapter 26 Tumultuous Trends in Education
The Final Years of School Segregation
Insufficient training for school teachers
Slow progress of school consolidation
How did students travel to distant schools?
Irregular school attendance
Problems establishing a uniform curriculum and providing textbooks
Late progress in establishing an accreditation procedure
Public School Desegregation and Beyond
Separate and unequal schools
Transitions, the 1960s and 1970s
Educational Trends in the Late Twentieth Century
A different kind of school segregation
The Educational Reform Act of 1982
Increases in general funding and teachers’ salaries
Progress in consolidating school districts and providing student transportation
Teacher qualifications and student competency
Compulsory attendance and early childhood education
The dropout problem and adult illiteracy
Accreditation and racial issues
Chapter 27 Recent Economic Trends
Recent Trends in Agriculture
Diversification: the livestock business
Other Nonfarming Businesses
The role of state government
The System of Transportation
Chapter 28 Into the Twenty-First Century
Political Trends in Mississippi
Congressional elections of 2002
Presidential election of 2004
Congressional elections of 2004 and 2006
Barbour’s reelection in 2007
Other statewide elections in 2007
Legislative elections in 2007
Presidential election of 2008
Congressional elections of 2008 and 2010
Gubernatorial election of 2011
Other statewide elections in 2011
Legislative elections in 2011
Presidential and congressional elections of 2012
Major Political Challenges and Accomplishments
Legal and judicial corruption
Chapter 29 Living in the Twenty-First Century
Major Economic Challenges and Accomplishments
BP oil spill in Gulf in 2010
Major Educational Challenges and Accomplishments
Vouchers and school choice
Major Social Challenges and Accomplishments
Racial relations and crime
Appendix I European Rulers with Relation to Mississippi During the Colonial and Territorial Periods
Key Military Commandants and Governors in Mississippi during the French Period
Governors during the British Period
Governor-Generals during the Spanish Period
Governors during the Territorial Period
Governors of the State of Mississippi
Appendix II Members of the U.S. Congress, 1817–1861
The House of Representatives
Members of the U.S. Congress, 1870–2014
The House of Representatives
Members of the U.S. Senate
Appendix III Mississippi Symbols and Facts
Appendix IV Total Population, 1800–2010
Appendix V Racial Population Changes, 1800–2010
Selected Bibliography of Mississippi History
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