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84 Cards in this Set
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The Five Indian Ballerinas
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Maria Tallchief, Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Moscelyne Larkin, Rosella Hightower
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Kiowa Six
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Six Kiowa Indian artists from Oklahoma
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The most important Civil War battle in Indian territory
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Honey Springs
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Clara Luper is known for her Civil Rights sit-in which resulted in
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desegration of lunch counters and stores
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Dawes Act
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Dissolved tribe membership of land and gave land to individual tribe members
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Who was exempt from the Dawes Act?
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The Five Tribes
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Which of the Five Tribes resisted removal by warring against the United States?
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Seminole
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Why were the Five Tribes referred to as "civilized?"
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They created government, economic and social institutions similar to the whites
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What is Oklahoma's most important export?
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Wheat
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What type of shelters did homesteaders build?
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Sod (out of dirt and grass mixed together)
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Oklahoma's first state captial?
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Guthrie
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What discovery led to the Cherokees being removed from Georgia?
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gold
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what was the US policy change towards Native Americans after 1870?
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It promoted breaking up Indian nations
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At the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, delegates were separated over what topic?
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Prohibition of alcohol
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Who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing?
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Tim McVeigh
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What building was bombed in the OKC bombing?
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the Murrah Building
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What was the date of the OKC Bombing?
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April 19, 1995
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Why did Opothleyahola refuse to sign a treaty with the Confederacy?
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He did not believe Indians should be involved in a white man's war
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Name the Five Tribes
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Seminole, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw
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Which river carries the majority of the water run-off in Oklahoma?
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Arkansas
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What was the purpose of Roosevelt's New Deal Programs?
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Easing the burden of the Great Depression
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Cattle trails were set to run to railroads because:
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the railroads shipped cattle to Eastern cities
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Why were damns bulit in Oklahoma?
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drinking water, irrigation, recreation
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The cattle industry is created in Oklahoma when:
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The railroads were built
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Quanah Parker was a leader for what tribe?
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Cherokee
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The Tulsa Race Riot started when...
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...a black teen tripped onto a white girl IN AN ELEVATOR
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Govenor William Murray shut down Oklahoma production because:
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Production had to be controled to allow oil prices to rise
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Socialists supported:
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Awarding of state credit to farmers and the forced breakup of large land holdings
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Oklahoma National Guard Division that participated in the Korean War and WWII:
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45th Infantry
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Name some all-black towns in Oklahoma:
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Langston, Tatume, Lima
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Which of the Five Tribes had teh hardest time adapting to reservation life?
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Seminole
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What mineral is largely mined in Oklahoma
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zinc
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What activity took place in the Three Forks area?
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trade
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How did Oklahoma desegregate their schools?
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rezoning school districts
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Oklahoma mountain ranges:
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Whichita, Arbuckle, Ouachita
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Green Corn Rebellion
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It turned people against socialism when a group of farmers refused the World War I draft
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Which act allowed the Twin territories of Oklahoma create one state?
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The Organic Act
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What was the first of the Five Tribes to create a written constitiution in Oklahoma
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Choctaw
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William Couch and David Payne were part of what group?
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Boomers
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Which homesteader had to appear in Judge Parker's court?
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David Payne
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Judge Isaac Parker
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The hanging judge
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During removal who was the Chief of the Cherokees?
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John Ross
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Sequoyah
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Created the Cherokee alphabet
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Kate Barnard:
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1st woman in US elected to a state position
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What was the most important consequence of the Louisiana Purchase?
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It provided for future growth of the United States
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Sooners
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people who crossed the starting line of a land run before the appointed time
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Which of the Five Tribes exhibited the strongest resistance to signing a treaty to support the Confederate States of America?
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Cherokee
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Who led the military forces against the Indians at the Battle of Washita
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George Custer
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Where was teh center of culture and education in the Cherokee Nation?
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Tahlequah
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Who presides over the Oklahoma state senate?
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Lieutenant govenor
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Factors that contributed to the ending of the long cattle drives:
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barbed wire fences, more railroads
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What is the current capital city of Oklahoma?
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Oklahoma City
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What are items used by ancient peoples (pottery, weapons, tools and jewelry) called?
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artifacts
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What discovery made the Osage people wealthy?
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oil
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What Oklahoma highway is often referred to as the "Mother Road"?
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Route 66
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Which town was established to provide a community for the people stationed at Tinker Field?
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Midwest City
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Who is the current govenor of Oklahoma?
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Marry Fallin
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What is the principal source of income for Oklahoma's municipalities?
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sales tax
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How long is the term of Oklahoma's state senators?
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4 years
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What kind of weather-related disasters occur in Oklahoma?
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ice and snow, drought, tornadoes, earthquakes
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For which Oklahoma statewide office must a canidate be at least 31 years old and have been a voting citizen of the state for at least ten years?
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govenor
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What is the southern-most county in Oklahoma?
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McCurtain
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How many counties border Texas?
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16
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What treaty resolved the issues of unclear boundaries in the Louisiana Purchase?
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Adams-Onis
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What was one of the main issues facing the Cherokee after the Civil War?
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pressure to open their territory to white settlement
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Why were the early Plains indians nomadic?
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They could not farm because the climate was too dry
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What caused the Tulsa Race Riot
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an incident on an elevator
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What was the purpose of the battle of the Twin Villages at the Red River?
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to slow the French movement along New Spain's northern border
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Which group of Indians had the most trouble adapting to life in Indian territory?
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Seminole
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What was the most direct route from Texas to Kansas?
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Chisholm Trail
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How long is the term for members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives?
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2 years
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Where was the first commercial oil discovery in Oklahoma?
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Bartlesville
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The cattle industry in the West began when
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new railroads made it possible for ranchers to ship beef to both eastern and western markets
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What was the most common permanent type of shelter built by homesteaders?
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dugout
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Which Indian nation readily accepted freedmen as equals after the Civil War?
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Creek
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Name businesses started in Oklahoma
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Love's Country Store, Braum's, Sonic
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Who was the first govenor to move into the state building?
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Robert Williams
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How did the federal government's policy toward the Indians change after 1870?
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It promoted breaking up Indian Nations
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Who claimed all the land drained by the Mississppi River for France?
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LaSalle
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From what country did the immigrants who introduced red witner wheat to Oklahoma Come?
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Russia
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What building in Oklahoma was bombed in 1995 by Timothy McVeigh?
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federal building
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What is the present name for teh Oklahoma Territorial Agricultural and Mechanical School?
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Oklahoma State University
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What was the name of the first Cherokee newspaper?
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Cherokee Phoenix
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Who invented a pressure suit that allowed pilots to breathe and survive at higher flight altitudes?
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Wiley Post
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