True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Railroads helped fuel the settlement of America.
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In the late 1890s, Oklahoma integrated its schools.
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3.
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The leaders of the Five Tribes were opposed to joining Indian Territory and
Oklahoma Territory into a single state.
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The constitution that was written for the State of Sequoyah contained a bill of
rights.
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None of the delegates to Oklahoma’s first constitutional convention were
African Americans.
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6.
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Oklahoma’s first constitution was shorter than the United States’
original constitution.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which statement best explains why towns competed to be located on
railroad lines?
A) | Railroads brought growth and prosperity. | B) | Railroads created
jobs as they were being built. | C) | Railroads provided services to the western
lands. | D) | Railroads provided a better and faster method of
transportation. |
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What did Tulsa offer in order to get the Katy Railroad to go through the
town?
A) | a $15,000 bonus | B) | a work force | C) | a
right-of-way | D) | tax breaks |
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Which crop was NOT grown in Oklahoma in the late 1800s?
A) | broomcorn | B) | cotton | C) | tobacco | D) | wheat |
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4.
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From what country did the immigrants who introduced red winter wheat to Oklahoma
come?
A) | Czechoslovakia | B) | France | C) | Germany | D) | Russia |
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What act provided for the establishment of schools that gradually replaced
subscription schools in the Oklahoma Territory?
A) | Curtis Act | B) | Enabling Act | C) | Hamilton
Act | D) | Organic Act |
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On which Indian reservation was gold first found in Oklahoma?
A) | Cherokee | B) | Cheyenne and Arapaho | C) | Kiowa, Comanche, and
Apache | D) | Osage |
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Who was the Seminole representative at the constitutional convention for the
State of Sequoyah?
A) | John F. Brown | B) | Charles N. Haskell | C) | Green
McCurtain | D) | William H. Murray |
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Which tribe had to choose its representatives to Oklahoma’s first
constitutional convention separately because it had not completed the allotment process?
A) | Choctaw | B) | Comanche | C) | Kiowa | D) | Osage |
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What position was NOT supported by the progressives, who believed government was
best equipped to correct problems in society?
A) | breaking up large corporations | B) | the implementation of a graduated sales
tax | C) | government regulation of businesses like the railroad | D) | the direct vote of
the people on proposals that affected them |
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Matching
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Match the person with the phrase that describes each. A) | Henry Asp | I) | Carrie Nation | B) | Edward L. Hamilton | J) | Pleasant Porter | C) | Pete
Hanraty | K) | Alexander
Posey | D) | Charles N. Haskell | L) | Margaret Olive Rhodes | E) | William Wirt Hastings | M) | Hugh Scott | F) | J. H.
Lawhead | N) | George
Stephenson | G) | Bird S. McGuire | O) | Maude Thomas | H) | William H.
Murray |
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served as secretary of the constitutional convention for the State of
Sequoyah
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published the Territorial Advocate, which refused to print liquor
ads
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served as the first territorial superintendent of schools
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leader of prohibitionist movement and publisher of The Hatchet
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chaired the committee that drafted the constitution for the State of
Sequoyah
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made the first public announcement of Oklahoma’s statehood
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