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Improved roads were important to Oklahoma for all of the following reasons except __________.

A
to improve farmers’ access to railroad depots
B
to transport oil to market more easily
C
to increase customers’ access to goods and markets
D
to decrease the value of tribal lands, making them easier to buy
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Which of the following reasons best explains why establishing a public school system was a necessary condition of the 1906 Oklahoma Enabling Act?

A
The federal government sought tax dollars from profits of state educational systems.
B
A public school system encouraged massive and long-term job growth for teachers.
C
A system of mandatory education gives all children equal access, which can increase the number of successful citizens.
D
Only the government can supply quality education to students.
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Agricultural practices in western Oklahoma most closely resembled those practiced in __________.

A
Alabama and Florida
B
Kansas and Nebraska
C
Georgia and Mississippi
D
Texas and Louisiana
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How did the African American community react to Senate Bill One?

A
They organized demonstrations.
B
They protested the bill.
C
Violent uprisings broke out.
D
all of the above
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Which of the following statements best describes the profits tenant farmers would receive in a sharecropping system?

A
Tenant farmers kept all of the profits from harvested crops.
B
Tenant farmers kept most profits from crops sold and also kept supplies, free of charge.
C
Tenant farmers kept some profits from crops sold, minus expenses and supply costs.
D
Tenant farmers received none of the profits from selling crops.
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Which of the following innovations helped ranchers establish boundaries around their lands?

A
the introduction of more railroads
B
the use of Herefords
C
the spread of barbed wire
D
the beginning of Wild West shows
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Most members of the Populist Party around the nation were __________.

A
African Americans
B
factory workers
C
government workers
D
farmers
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The Big Pasture and the Cherokee Outlet were lands leased by ranchers to __________.

A
grow and harvest cotton
B
build new rail lines
C
graze and raise cattle
D
establish tenant farms
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All of the following were responsibilities of the elected corporation commission except __________.

A
the regulation of schools
B
the regulation of railroads
C
the regulation of utilities
D
the regulation of trusts
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Which of the following reforms describes the change Populists desired in the elections of US Senators?

A
Instead of being appointed by the governor, US Senators would be elected by the state legislature.
B
Instead of being elected by the state legislatures, US Senators would be elected by the people.
C
Instead of being elected by the people, US Senators would be appointed by the governor.
D
Instead of being appointed by the governor, US Senators would be elected by the state legislature.
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Why were the goals of the progressive movement unique for their time?

A
The progressive movement was the first group to organize a plan for helping others.
B
The groups they sought to help and their proposed changes were advanced for the time.
C
Infrastructural changes had never been tried before in the territories.
D
Performing philanthropic deeds was not a common practice.
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Socialists in Oklahoma supported radically different ideas from Socialists elsewhere in the US. All of the following were “Sooner Socialist” ideas except __________.

A
viewing farmers as part of the working classes
B
rejecting organized religious doctrine
C
arguing that socialism was more moral than capitalism
D
believing that farmers were an important part of the socialist movement
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The constitutional convention put in two provisions for amending the Oklahoma Constitution. What are they?

A
initiatives and a bill of rights
B
a bill of rights and referendums
C
initiatives and referendums
D
ratification and progressive protocols
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After the Civil War, cattle were in large supply in __________ and were in high demand in __________.

A
the East . . . Texas
B
Texas . . . the East
C
Kansas . . . Texas
D
the East . . . the Indian Territory
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Governor Haskell established all of the following institutions except __________.

A
the State Criminal Court of Appeals
B
the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture
C
the State Department of Public Health
D
the Oklahoma College for Women
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Why did many residents of Indian Territory want the Oklahoma Constitution to contain a provision establishing prohibition laws?

A
Residents of Indian Territory opposed giving women the right to vote.
B
Historically, Indian Territory had been a dry territory.
C
Residents of Indian Territory wanted to create their own state.
D
Indian Territory residents favored high taxes on monopolies.

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