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Chapter 12:  Creating the 46th State



True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Railroads helped fuel the settlement of America.
 

 2. 

In the late 1890s, Oklahoma integrated its schools.
 

 3. 

The leaders of the Five Tribes were opposed to joining Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory into a single state.
 

 4. 

The constitution that was written for the State of Sequoyah contained a bill of rights.
 

 5. 

None of the delegates to Oklahoma’s first constitutional convention were African Americans.
 

 6. 

Oklahoma’s first constitution was shorter than the United States’ original constitution.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

Which statement best explains why towns competed to be located on railroad lines?
A)
Railroads brought growth and prosperity.
B)
Railroads created jobs as they were being built.
C)
Railroads provided services to the western lands.
D)
Railroads provided a better and faster method of transportation.
 

 2. 

What did Tulsa offer in order to get the Katy Railroad to go through the town?
A)
a $15,000 bonus
B)
a work force
C)
a right-of-way
D)
tax breaks
 

 3. 

Which crop was NOT grown in Oklahoma in the late 1800s? 
A)
broomcorn
B)
cotton
C)
tobacco
D)
wheat
 

 4. 

From what country did the immigrants who introduced red winter wheat to Oklahoma come?
A)
Czechoslovakia
B)
France
C)
Germany
D)
Russia
 

 5. 

What act provided for the establishment of schools that gradually replaced subscription schools in the Oklahoma Territory?
A)
Curtis Act
B)
Enabling Act
C)
Hamilton Act
D)
Organic Act
 

 6. 

On which Indian reservation was gold first found in Oklahoma?
A)
Cherokee
B)
Cheyenne and Arapaho
C)
Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache
D)
Osage
 

 7. 

Who was the Seminole representative at the constitutional convention for the State of Sequoyah?
A)
John F. Brown
B)
Charles N. Haskell
C)
Green McCurtain
D)
William H. Murray
 

 8. 

Which tribe had to choose its representatives to Oklahoma’s first constitutional convention separately because it had not completed the allotment process?
A)
Choctaw
B)
Comanche
C)
Kiowa
D)
Osage
 

 9. 

What position was NOT supported by the progressives, who believed government was best equipped to correct problems in society? 
A)
breaking up large corporations
B)
the implementation of a graduated sales tax
C)
government regulation of businesses like the railroad
D)
the direct vote of the people on proposals that affected them
 

Matching
 
 
Match the person with the phrase that describes each.
A)
Henry Asp
I)
Carrie Nation
B)
Edward L. Hamilton
J)
Pleasant Porter
C)
Pete Hanraty
K)
Alexander Posey
D)
Charles N. Haskell
L)
Margaret Olive Rhodes
E)
William Wirt Hastings
M)
Hugh Scott
F)
J. H. Lawhead
N)
George Stephenson
G)
Bird S. McGuire
O)
Maude Thomas
H)
William H. Murray
 

 1. 

served as secretary of the constitutional convention for the State of Sequoyah
 

 2. 

published the Territorial Advocate, which refused to print liquor ads
 

 3. 

served as the first territorial superintendent of schools
 

 4. 

leader of prohibitionist movement and publisher of The Hatchet
 

 5. 

chaired the committee that drafted the constitution for the State of Sequoyah
 

 6. 

made the first public announcement of Oklahoma’s statehood
 



 
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