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Oklahoma History Exam.
Vocab for an Oklahoma history exam.
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History
10th Grade
10/12/2009

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Union mission
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First school in Indian Territory
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Fort Gibson
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First fort in indian territory
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Trail of tears
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What the cherokees called their removal to Indian Territory. Later this term was applied to the removal of all the Firve Civilized Tribes.
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William Becknell
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Led the party that opened the Sante Fe Trail.
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Major stephen Long
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Referred to the Great Plains as "The Great American Desert."
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Opethleyahole
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Upper Creek leader who favored the union in the civil war.
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Stand Watie
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Cherokee mixed-blood who became a conferderate general.
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Battle of Pea ridge
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Only major civil war battle that Indian troops fought in
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Battle of honey springs
Definition
largest and most desicive battle fought in indian terriotry during the civil war
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Allen Wright
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Choctaw cheif who coined the name "Oklahoma" for the indian territory
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Homestead act
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Allowed settlers to acquire 160 aces of public land by living on it for five years.
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Battle of washita
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General custer massacred blackkettles band of cheyenne
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Quanah parker
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Leader of the quahada comanche
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Chisholm trail
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Cattle trail from San Antoni to Albine, Kansas
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East Shawnee Trail
Definition
First cattle drive took place here around 1866
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Drovers
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Drivers of livestock
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Longhorn cattle
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were known to walk 60 miles without water
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John ross
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Most famous principal chief of the cherokees
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Pawnee
Definition
Tribe that was relocated to indian territory from nebraska
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Kiowa
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Tribe that raided texas settlements in the 1860s and 1870s
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No mans land
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Name given to the area that became oklahomas pan handle
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J J mcAlester
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Discovered coal in the choctaw nation in 1871
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Belle Starr
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Queen of the outlaws
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Isaac parker
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"Hanging judge" Of fort smith.
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Dawes act
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Gave individual tribal members ownership of tribal lands.
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Curtis act
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Abolished tribalcourts.
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Coronado
Definition
Passwed through oklahoma while looking for the 7 cities of gold
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Andrew Jackson
Definition
PResident who supported the indian removal acts
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Wichita
Definition
TRibe that live in twin villages near the wichita mountains
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Five civilized tribes
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Cherokee chctaw chickasaw creek seminole
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fort towson
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set up near the red river to gaurd the spanish border
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Royalty
Definition
Payment for the right to exploit a natural resource
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