Boomer Sooners

Before railroads, how did people travel into Indian Territory?

• Car

• monorail

• horse and boat

• Airplane

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OKH.3.3

3.B.9-12.5

After the Civil War, Oklahoma was split into twin territories: Indian Territory in the East, and Oklahoma Territory in the West.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

3.B.9-12.5

What was significant about Bass Reeves, the most feared lawman in Indian Territory?

• He was an important and sujccessful African-American lawman in a time where there was a lot of racism

• He was a racist who kept blacks from voting

• He was the 26th President of the U.S.

• None of the above

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OKH.3.3

3.A.9-12.1

The Unassigned lands, where the Land Run of 1889 took place, were located in what part of Oklahoma?

• East

• West

• Middle

• North

• South

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OKH.3.3

3.B.9-12.5

When the Boomers entered the Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory, they were allowed to stay.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

3.B.9-12.5

In order to legally claim land, people had to gather at the boundaries of the Unassigned Lands, and race to the part of land that they claimed.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

3.B.9-12.5

Everybody obeyed the law and did not go early into the Unassigned Lands during the Land Run of 1889.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

4.B.9-12.1

What were the people called who crossed the border line to claim the land Sooner than they were supposed to?

• Kikuyus

• Quicksters

• Sooners

• Illuminati

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OKH.3.3

4.A.9-12.3

Many people who went into the Unassigned Lands before the Aprill 22, 1889 deadline were successful at claiming the land before the people who obeyed the law and waited until they were supposed to.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

4.A.9-12.1

The law was easy to enforce in Indian Territory, with outlaws wanting to avoid hanging out in Oklahoma at all costs.

• True

• False

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OKH.3.3

4.A.9-12.1