chapter 8 test

The _____ _____, which let the president buy the reservation land.

• Cherokee Outlet

• Dawes Act

• Blue Hawk

• Allotment Law

The government gave each Indian land. This land was called an _____.

• gift

• joke

• allotment

• nothing

When Oklahoma Territory was created, _____ Indian tribes lived here. They were not considered U.S. citizens yet, so they did not get to vote.

• 39

• 2

• 133

• 67

Why were grain elevators built?

• store anything

• So children would have something to do.

• to store the wheat

• none of these

What crops were being grown in Oklahoma at this time?

• winter wheat, corn, and cotton

• cotton, sugar cane, and okra

• tomatoes, corn, and wheat

• nothing could grow in Oklahoma

What is another name for oil?

• black water

• black gum

• nasty stuff

• black gold

What group of people came to Oklahoma to work in the mines?

• Indians

• poor people

• immigrants

• Traders

Besides lead and zinc what other minerals were mined in Oklahoma?

What carried huge logs out of the forests to the sawmills?

• big men

• buses

• trains

• cars

The discovery of oil was leading to even more _____.

• growth

• problems

• fights

• trucks