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Chapter 11:  Boomers, Sooners,and Oklahoma Territory



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Initially, all of the Indian tribes opposed the breakup of tribal lands.
 

 2. 

Before the opening up of the Unassigned Lands, federal law and treaties prohibited non-native Americans from being in Indian Territory.
 

 3. 

The bill that opened the Unassigned Lands to settlement was attached as a rider to the annual Indian Appropriations Act.
 

 4. 

The first white settlers in Indian Territory established tent towns.
 

 5. 

The last land run in Oklahoma was held in 1899.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which tribe was NOT originally affected by the Dawes Act? 
A)
Apache
B)
Comanche
C)
Kiowa
D)
Osage
 

 2. 

Which provision was NOT included in the Curtis Act?   
A)
the abolition of tribal courts
B)
the imposition of federal law
C)
the implementation of land allotments
D)
the immediate abolition of tribal governments
 

 3. 

What present-day  Oklahoma county was NOT included in the Unassigned Lands in the heart of the Indian Territory?
A)
Cleveland
B)
Lincoln
C)
Logan
D)
Payne
 

 4. 

Which action is NOT associated with David L. Payne? 
A)
the publication of The Oklahoma War Chief
B)
appearing before Judge Isaac Parker at Fort Sill
C)
serving time in jail for his illegal activity in Indian Territory
D)
establishing a tent settlement at Rock Falls in the Cherokee Outlet
 

 5. 

In which place did Homesteaders NOT gather in anticipation of participating in the race for free land in Indian Territory? 
A)
Cherokee Outlet
B)
Fort Sill
C)
King Fisher Stage Station
D)
Purcell
 
 
From the New York Times

     There was a steady movement all night, and then it happened that when the 10 o’clock train on the Santa Fe had crossed the Arkansas and mounted the divide the passengers were treated to a sight of a seemingly endless procession of white-capped wagons moving rapidly along the trail which parallels the railroad to Guthrie and beyond.
     As far as the eye could reach, looking north and south, the level, green plain was dotted with wagons, horses, and men. There were a dozen Otoe Indians on the train en route to their reservation and they looked with anything but kindly eyes on the panorama. . . .
     The train which took its leisurely flight southward through the Indian Territory today was composed of five coaches, each comfortably filled with boomers who had apparently reached the conclusion that their chances of securing quarter sections in the promised land would be greatly improved if they went to Purcell and entered the army of Texans now camped there on the banks of the Canadian. . . .
 

 6. 

After reading the article, which statement best describes what the Native Americans who were on the train thought when they saw massive numbers of homesteaders in the distance?
A)
They were excited to see their new neighbors.
B)
They viewed the homesteaders as unwelcome invaders.
C)
They wanted to learn more about these strange white men.
D)
They wondered how many people would be moving to Indian Territory.
 

 7. 

What did homesteaders NOT have to do in order to ultimately get title to the land they claimed?   
A)
pay a filing fee
B)
find a cornerstone
C)
bring their family with them
D)
live on the land for five years
 

 8. 

Which county was NOT created from the land claimed by Texans known Greer County? 
A)
Beckham.
B)
Harmon.
C)
Jackson.
D)
Kiowa.
 

 9. 

What was the topic of the first bill introduced in the legislature of the Oklahoma Territory?
A)
school-aged children
B)
a way to generate money
C)
persons convicted of crimes
D)
the need for a capitol building
 

 10. 

Which county was NOT one of the seven counties created from the land in the Cherokee Outlet? 
A)
Alfalfa.
B)
Garfield.
C)
Kay.
D)
Noble.
 

Matching
 
 
Match the person with the phrase that describes each.
A)
Elias Boudinot
I)
Frank Greer
B)
Charles C. Carpenter
J)
Chitto Harjo
C)
William L. Couch
K)
Edward McCabe
D)
Henry Dawes
L)
David L. Payne
E)
M. H. Day
M)
William Renfrow
F)
Thompson B. Ferguson
N)
William Springer
G)
Frank Frantz
O)
George W. Steele
H)
George H. G. Gale
 

 1. 

led people to the site of present-day Stillwater to establish a settlement that had to be abandoned when federal troops cut off needed supplies
 

 2. 

Cherokee leader who supported opening of Unassigned Lands to white settlement
 

 3. 

Mississippi senator who chaired the Congressional Indian Affairs Committee
 

 4. 

led a successful settlement of nonpublic land in South Dakota, but failed in trying to settle land on the North Canadian River in Indian Territory
 

 5. 

led buffalo soldiers to remove Couch’s settlers
 



 
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