Oklahoma History Entry Quiz

Which Native American tribe was forcibly relocated to present-day Oklahoma during the Trail of Tears in the 1830s?

• Sioux

• Cherokee

• Apache

• Iroquois

What was the main purpose of the Dawes Act of 1887 as it related to Oklahoma?

• To grant statehood to Oklahoma

• To divide tribal lands into individual allotments

• To establish the University of Oklahoma

• To create the Oklahoma Land Run

The Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 opened up which area for settlement?

• Cherokee Outlet

• Unassigned Lands

• Panhandle

• Osage Nation

Which city became the first capital of the state of Oklahoma in 1907?

• Tulsa

• Oklahoma City

• Guthrie

• Norman

Who was the first governor of the state of Oklahoma?

• Charles N. Haskell

• William H. Murray

• Robert S. Kerr

• David L. Boren

The discovery of oil at which location in 1901 led to an economic boom in Oklahoma?

• Red River

• Spindletop

• Glenpool

• Blackwell

Oklahoma became the ______ state to join the United States.

• 44th

• 45th

• 46th

• 47th

Which major environmental disaster of the 1930s greatly affected Oklahoma farmers?

• The Great Flood

• The Dust Bowl

• The Great Blizzard

• The Ice Storm

The Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma include the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and which other tribe?

• Seminole

• Comanche

• Pawnee

• Osage

Which Oklahoma city was the site of a devastating bombing in 1995?

• Tulsa

• Norman

• Oklahoma City

• Lawton