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WorksheetsWeek 19 Oklahoma Studies Weekly
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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.
What did Posey own that was the first of its kind?
a book written by an American Indian.
an American Indian painting.
a newspaper for white settlers.
an American Indian newspaper.
What important idea did Alexander Posey write about?
He wrote about creating the state of Sequoyah
He wrote about the Oklahoma Land Rush
He wrote about how newspapers could be used in schools.
He wrote about jobs for people in the town.
Which tribe is best known as the Lords of the Plains?
Cherokee
Apache
Comanche
Creek
What did the Comanche do with horses?
treated them kindly
hunted them for food
used them for farming
showed them in contests
Who does the day-to-day governing of the Comanche tribe?
the chief
the president
the United States
the seven elected leaders
