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Oklahoma History
Oklahoma History Semester Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Under what Indian Chief did the Seminoles enjoy peace and prosperity again? | John F. Brown |
| Why did the Choctaw decide to change tribal laws? | To better deal with advances that were coming in the future |
| What did the Dawes Severally Act do? | The dissolving of tribal ownership of land |
| What did the Curtis Act do? | Abolished tribal courts and made everyone subject to the federal law of arkansas |
| What land was to be opened for the land run? | The unassigned lands |
| Name 3 towns that were established in the land run of 1889? | Oklahoma Station, Stillwater and Guthrie |
| What were the 3 most important crops in Oklahoma? | Sorghum Cane, Cotton and Wheat |
| On what day and by what president was Oklahoma declared a state? | On November 16, 1907 by Theodore Roosvelt |
| Name 3 things the Oklahoma Legislature make provisions for? | Textbooks, School Districts and Towns and Cities |
| How did the Oklahoma Legislature try to limit the voting rights of African Americans? | By passing the Jim Crow laws |
| In what year was the state capitol moved and to what city was it moved to? | To Oklahoma City in 1910 |
| Name 3 examples of social unrest in Oklahoma following WWI? | Strikes, KKK and The Tulsa Race riot |
| What railroad was the first to be built in Indian territory? | The Missouri-Kansas- Texas Line or Katy |
| Name 3 minerals that were mined in Oklahoma? | Salt, lead and coal |
| What name was given to the black business area of Greenwood Tulsa? | The Black Wall Street of America |
| What was the most valuable cash crop in Oklahoma in the 1920's? | Cotton |
| Where did Oklahoman's move during the dust bowl? | California |
| What brought the United States out of the Great Depression? | Entering World War II |
| What led to the United States joining the war? | The Japanese attack on Perarl Harbor in Hawaii |
| What were the two famous fighting divisions from Oklahoma? | The 45th Infantry Division thunderbirds and the 90th Infantry Division Tough Ombres |
| What event led to the surrender of Japan? | The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagaski |
| What Shawnee was one of the first 7 astronauts? | Leory Gordon Cooper |
| What was Robert S. Kerr's lasting legacies? | The McCellan- Kerr Arkansas Navigation System |
| What was Brown vs. Board of Education? | That it was unconstitutional for schools to segregate and called for schools to intergrate |
| In 1972 Judge Luther Bohanon gave what order? | That Black Kids would be bused to whited schools |
| Who benefited from the title IX amendment to the civil rights act? | Women |
| What did the 26th amendment do? | Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
| Name 3 things that MAPS did to downtown Oklahoma City? | State Fairgrounds, Bricktown Canal and Library Learning Center |
| What do the gates of time on the Oklahoma National Memorial represent? | The time of the bomb blast and how so many lives were changed |
| What are 3 weather phenomena that have devastated our state? | Tornadoes, Ice and Snow |
| What are the three branches of Oklahoma State Government? | Executive, legislative and judicial branches |
| How does the Governor participate in the law making processes? | By seeing all potential bills and either singing the bill into a law or vetoing it |
| What are the 2 catagories in Oklahoma? | County and municipal |
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