Week 19 Oklahoma Studies Weekly

What was the main reason why territories wanted more people?

• More people meant there were less problems.

• More people meant there were more towns and businesses.

• More people meant they would have more friends.

• More people meant the state fair would be bigger.

What was the main benefit of statehood?

• getting new government buildings

• getting land for free

• getting money from the national government

• getting a new star on the American flag

Who decided if a territory became a state?

• businesses with jobs

• townspeople

• Congress

• the railroad company

How did Reverend Smith describe a land run?

• the land was all running downhill

• a gigantic horse race for homes

• wagons racing to the mountain top

• people make trails through the plains

Which group was losing land instead of getting it?

• American Indians

• Chinese

• Mexican Americans

• no one

What did Lew Carroll finally have to do to stake a claim on any land?

• He had to earn the money to buy the land.

• He told people to get off the land that he wanted.

• He had to have his whole family there when he claimed the land.

• He had to split the claim with another person.

What were the people who tried to claim the Unassigned Lands of the West called?

• Winners

• Boomers

• Oklahomans

• Sooners

Which of the following statements is true?

• The US government encouraged people to settle on the Unassigned Lands of the West.

• Everyone watied until the proper time to claim their land.

• The Homestead Act gave each settler 160 acres of land for free.

• No one cared what the government wanted them to do.

What happened once settlers lived on the Unassigned Lands for five years?

• They received a deed to the land.

• They went back to where they came from.

• They paid the government for the land.

• They got representation in government.

What occupation did Alexander Posey have?

• He was a salesman.

• He was a farmer.

• He was a writer.

• He was a politician.