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Oklahoma geo exam 1
euro-american settlement hurt uco
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Undergraduate 2
09/26/2012

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present day oklahoma has been apart of what 3 territories
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missouri, arkansas, indian
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what were the five tribes that were forced into oklahoma
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creek, seminole, cherokee, choctaw, chickasaw
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when did the 5 tribes arrive to oklahoma
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1820's to 1830's
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where did the 5 tribes settle
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the eastern half of ok
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what were the indian tribes economy based on
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agriculture and cows
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non civilized tribes are moved into ok after what
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the civil war (30 other nations)
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people who wanted to open land to non indians
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boomers
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what year did an arkansas senator promote the idea of establishing OK-la-ho-ma
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1870
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when did newspapers notice that indian nation is not using the unassigned lands
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the late 1870's
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1887 official law that forces native americans to take 160 acres
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dawes act
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what furthered the idea that extra land no one was using should be opened up
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dawes act
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when was a ryder attached to a native american approtiation bill in congress that said a future president can open up NA lands
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march 1889
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when was the land run
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april 22nd 1889
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which president openend the lands
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benjamin harrison
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how many poeple ran on the land run day
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60,000
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how many of the initial 60,000 land runners actually stay in the state
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about half
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1890 act that established oklahoma territory
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the organic act
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the organic act made what the capital
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guthrie
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which act gave the panhandle to oklahoma territory
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organic act
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besides land runs how else was oklahoma settled
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a lottery
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how many people participated in the 1891 land run
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20,000 people
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when was the largest land run in history
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1893
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how many applicants were there in the 1901 lottery in sw oklahoma
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170,000
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what year was the last year to try to distribute the excess property in oklahoma
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1906
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to make the landruns possible oklahoma and indian territory were divided into squares called
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townships
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who were the most fequent land runners
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midwesterners
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what act made oklahoma statehood possible
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the enabling act of 1906
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when did oklahoma become a state
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1907
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