AA towns, oil boom, WW I
True/False: At first, Oklahomans opposed involvement in World War One.
True
The 1920s brought multiple killings of members of which native tribe?
Osage
What were some causes of the Great Depression?
Buying on margin, stock market trying to make fast income, inexperienced investors, buying on credit
what is the term, when someone thinks they are better than someone else based on their skin color?
Racism
What natural resource caused an economic boom in Oklahoma in the 1970s?
Oil
Fifty-seven counties voted to allow the sale of this in 1933?
Beer
True/False: Native Tribe members were also US Citizens when they served in World War One?
False
what created the dust bowls?
Overfarming, drought and lack of experience with drops
n 1939, Germany invaded what country, which ignited world war 2?
Poland
What was the date of the Alfred P Murrah building bombing?
April 19, 1995
From 1865-1920s, a migration of what group to Oklahoma brought about over 50 new towns?
African Americans / former slaves
Name of the state-trained military group that was formed in the 1920s and trained at Ft. Sill?
45th infantry division
what year did the dust bowls start?
1935
Back during world war 2, what was the name of the college that is now known to be OSU?
Oklahoma A&M college
What was the goal of the MAPS projects in Oklahoma City?
To improve the infrastructure and condition of Oklahoma City’s infrastructure, culture, and education.
What happened in “boomtowns” across Oklahoma in the 1900-1910s?
Rapid growth due to the oilmen spreading across the state to discover and mine oil
Which tribe did the very first code talkers in World War One come from?
Choctaw
What was the name they gave to the day the stock market crashed?
Black Tuesday
How many escapes were recorded to have taken place in POW camps in Oklahoma?
80, but they all got recaptured
Who was the primary planner and bomber of the Alfred P Murrah building?
Timothy McVeigh
What were some features of the rapidly-growing boomtowns for the workers that lived there?
Greasy spoon cafes with dirty cooking conditions, sharing a tiny boomtown shedhouse where they rented a cot for 8 hours at a time, others slept on pool tables/roofs/outside on the ground, law-breaking (gambling, brothels, pool halls were common)
What kind of neighborhood was the Greenwood district and how was it changed on May 31, 1921?
A wealthy black neighborhood that was caught in conflict. A white mob eventually invaded and destroyed much property and at least 100 deaths occured.
During the Great Depression President Roosevelt tried to help provide help in these three categories (The three Rs)
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Where in OKC did Clara Luper “sit in” happen?
Katz drug store counter
What are two ways Oklahoma residents dealt with unemployment and foreclosures during the economic bust in the 1980s?
Migration and depending on welfare