Wild West
The idea that it is their God given duty to spread democracy west
What is Manifest Destiny?
This act says you must live on a claim for five years, making improvements on it
This group of people was included as Tribal citizens due to the Reconstruction Treaties of 1866 in Indian Territory
Who are Freedmen?
A proposed state for Indian Territory to enter the Union as its own state
What is the State of Sequoyah?
These were created to be safe havens from racial violence and opportunities for economic prosperity
What are All-Black Towns?
This judge helped establish federal law and order in Indian Territory and sentenced 161 people to death giving him the nickname the "Hanging Judge"
Who is Isaac Parker?
This act legalized an allotment process that took Native American lands for settlement of non-Native Americans
What is the Dawes Act?
Those who entered the Unassigned Lands before noon on the day of the land run on April 22, 1889
Who are Sooners?
A movement to reform social, economic, and governmental policies in the 1890s into the 1900s
What is Progressivism?
This hazardous industry brought more settlers into Oklahoma Territory
What is coal mining?
A dangerous job many young men took after the Civil War mainly because it required no previous experience
What is working a Cattle Drive?
This act designated lands west of the "Five Civilized Tribes" as Oklahoma Territory in 1890
What is the Organic Act?
This act abolished tribal governments, laws, and courts
What is the Curtis Act?
Senate bill 1 in Oklahoma established these laws
What are Jim Crow Laws?
This person promoted Oklahoma to become an All-Black State and he founded to city of Langston
Who is Edward P. McCabe?
The reason cattle drives were taken from Texas to Kansas?
What are railroads? What are slaughter/packing houses?
This act joined Oklahoma and Indian Territory together
What is Oklahoma Enabling Act?
What are the Unassigned Lands?
The date T. Roosevelt declared Oklahoma a state
When is November 16, 1907?
This act restricted Native American movement by creating the reservation system
What is the Indian Appropriations Act of 1851?
This act opened western lands to settlers during the Civil War
What is the Homestead Act?
This act took away tribal sovereignty, leaving them vulnerable to the Federal Government
What is the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871?
This officially opened the Unassigned Lands in Indian Territory
What is the Springer Amendment?
A petition led by citizens that can become a ballot measure
What is an initiative?
This allows registered Oklahoma voters to reject a bill from the Oklahoma legislator
What is a referendum?