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WorksheetsThe Tulsa Greenwood Massacre Part 1 Pankey KHS
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a siege?
When a group of people take control of an area by force.
To assist someone in committing a crime
To prevent important information or opinions from becoming known
A situation in which two people or groups become friendly again after arguing for a long time
What does it mean to abet?
When a group of people take control of an area by force.
To assist someone in committing a crime
To prevent important information or opinions from becoming known
A situation in which two people or groups become friendly again after arguing for a long time
What does it mean to suppress something?
When a group of people take control of an area by force.
To assist someone in committing a crime
To prevent important information or opinions from becoming known
A situation in which two people or groups become friendly again after arguing for a long time
What does it mean to reconcile?
When a group of people take control of an area by force.
To assist someone in committing a crime
To prevent important information or opinions from becoming known
A situation in which two people or groups become friendly again after arguing for a long time
What does contrite mean?
feeling guilty and sorry for something you have done
not knowing about or not noticing something happening right around you
Someone who starts a company or a business to make a profit
To fight or struggle with someone; to mentally try to make sense of an emotion or opinion
What does oblivious mean?
feeling guilty and sorry for something you have done
not knowing about or not noticing something happening right around you
Someone who starts a company or a business to make a profit
To fight or struggle with someone; to mentally try to make sense of an emotion or opinion
What does grapple mean?
feeling guilty and sorry for something you have done
not knowing about or not noticing something happening right around you
Someone who starts a company or a business to make a profit
To fight or struggle with someone; to mentally try to make sense of an emotion or opinion
What is an entrepreneur?
feeling guilty and sorry for something you have done
not knowing about or not noticing something happening right around you
Someone who starts a company or a business to make a profit
To fight or struggle with someone; to mentally try to make sense of an emotion or opinion
What was Greenwood?
A thriving black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma
A city in California
A place where there were no black people
An area in Arkansas where there were no people
What hate group was growing in America at this time?
The Ku Klux Klan
Q-Anon
Antifa
The Republican Party
What does "abetted by the National Guard" mean?
The National Guard helped the white mob destroy Greenwood.
The National Guard helped save Greenwood.
The National Guard would not help anybody.
The National Guard did not exist in Oklahoma at this time.
What did the local officials do after the the massacre?
They expressed contrition
They burned documents
They tried to cover it up
They didn't do anything
What was Greenwood's nickname?
Black Wall Street
Massacre Central
The Pride of Oklahoma
Little Tulsa
Who was O. W. Gurley?
A wealthy black landowner from Arkansas
A politician
A member of the National Guard
A local official
The man who started Greenwood
What did O. W. Gurley do?
He opened businesses for black residents.
He named Greenwood
He tried to close black businesses
He got in trouble for starting a riot
Who owned and ran all of the businesses in Greenwood?
Black entrepreneurs
Local officials
The National Guard
The Oklahoma government
Who is Kevin Matthews?
An Oklahoma state senator who represents Tulsa
The president of Tulsa
The captain of the National Guard
Someone who witnessed the massacre
