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32 Cards in this Set
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Dawes Act |
dissolved tribal land and gave individual Indians their own land |
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Curtis Act |
a blow against tribal rights, tribal lands could be divided and Indian governments could be abolished unless they agreed to land allotments |
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Boomers |
those who took part in the and booms |
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Davis Payne |
A Kansas pioneer settler and politician , and he continued the wave of settlement attempts in the territory |
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Methods used to open land |
land runs, lotteries |
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1889 Unassigned Land Runs |
was a land run in which all two million acres were claimed withing hours with a estimated a total number of 50,000-100,000 poeple |
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1893 Cherokee Land Strip |
a land run |
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Organic Act |
Stated that Oklahoma Territory included all the land west of the five tribes including no mans land |
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No Man's Land |
the Oklahoma panhandle |
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Twin Territories & their leaders |
Governor Steele was first O.K. Territory governor |
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Transportation (Twin Territories) |
trains |
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Population increase (Twin Territories) |
The railroads and large amounts of land still unclaimed caused many people to move into the state. Some towns such as Oklahoma city grew due the Santa Fe railroad dropping off in their city limits |
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Enabling Act |
Made the Twin Territories join into the single state of Oklahoma. |
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State of Sequoyah |
Was the proposed second state for the Indians, was rejected |
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O.K. Constitution and Convention |
Had longest constitution out of any state at over 100,000 words (US Constitution had 7,000) |
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Statehood Day |
November 16, 1907 |
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Charles Haskell |
First State governor |
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First O.K. Capital |
Guthrie |
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Blaine |
Watonga |
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kingfisher |
kingfisher |
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Garfield |
Enid |
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Noble |
Perry |
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Logan |
Guthrie |
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Lincoln |
Chandler |
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Oklahoma |
Oklahoma City |
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Canadian |
El Reno |
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Pottawatomie |
shawnee |
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Cleveland |
Norman |
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Mclain |
purcell |
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Graddy |
Chickasha |
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Caddo |
Andarko |
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Chitto Harjo's followers where known as |
Snakes |
