Oklahoma Land Run

What was the date of the first Oklahoma land run?

• July 1st 1890

• March 27th 1889

• April 22nd 1889

• May 3rd 1890

What time did the conductor blow the whistle in order for thousands of people to race toward free land during the land run?

(a)  

Who set up a newspaper called “The Oklahoma War Chief”

• William Springer

• Payne Stewart

• David Payne

• William Couch

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

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

• Kikuyus

• Quicksters

• Sooners

• Illuminati

Tags

OKH.3.3

4.A.9-12.3

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

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

Harrison's Horse Race refers to what?

• The 1889 Oklahoma Land Run

• The 1889 Oklahoma Land Lottery

• The 1910 Kentucky Derby

• The 1865 Race across America

The president who announced that the lands would be opened for settlement was ______?

• Cleavland

• Harrison

• Johnson

• Theodore