OK History Ch. 7

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The number of people moving west increased in the 1830s. Which was NOT a reason for this migration? Options: immigration and high birth rates, economic depressions and population growth, inexpensive land and new opportunities, tourism and nature

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tourism and nature

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The American explorer who referred to Oklahoma as the “Great American Desert” was

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Major Stephen Long

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Which condition did NOT contribute to the tensions between the U.S. and Mexico which eventually led to the Mexican-American War? Options: tensions over the Kansas-Nebraska Act, tensions over Texas annexation, tensions over disputed borders, tensions over revolts in California

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tensions over the Kansas-Nebraska Act

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The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was called the

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Cimarron Route

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The route of the Santa Fe Trail that went through Oklahoma was located in the

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Pandhandle

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As settlers traveled through the Osage Trace, they renamed the route and called it the

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Texas Road

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Travel by boat in Indian Territory was possible mainly in what is now the

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eastern side of the state

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Which type of water transportation was NOT used in Indian Territory? Options: canoes, keelboats, steamboats, tugboats

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tugboats

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Between 1850 and 1870, which became the primary form of public transportation in the West? Options: steamboat, wagon train, stagecoach, Pony Express

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stagecoach

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Which location was NOT a “jumping-off point” for the westward movement? Fort Smith, St. Louis, Independence, Memphis

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Memphis