Chapter 12 - Q&A

Question 1

A Cherokee who encouraged abandoning old tribal customs on property ownership was

Answer 1

Elias Boudinot

Question 2

The founder of the Colonization Association was

Answer 2

David L. Payne

Question 3

Members of the Colonization Association were called

Answer 3

Boomers

Question 4

Membership fees to belong to the association were

Answer 4

$2

Question 5

When the founder of the associations died he was succeeded by

Answer 5

William L. Couch

Question 6

The most effective argument used by the association in its fight to open the unoccupied lans was the charge of

Answer 6

Discrimination

Question 7

The congressional act that resulted in groups increasing their lobbying efforts to get the lands opened was the

Answer 7

Indian Appropriations Act

Question 8

The tribal leaders who first offered to sell unoccupied lands were

Answer 8

Creeks

Question 9

Each homestead claimed in the unassigned lands contained

Answer 9

160 acres

Question 10

The President who announced that the lands would be opened for settlement was

Answer 10

Grover Cleveland

Question 11

People who slipped into the lands early to stake a claim on the best plots of land were called

Answer 11

Sooners

Question 12

When the race for land was over the number of Boomers who established land claims we

Answer 12

Less than 1000

Question 13

The estimated number of partipants in the race has been set somewhere around

Answer 13

14000

Question 14

Townsites were restricted to

Answer 14

320 acres

Question 15

The run of ‘89 is often called

Answer 15

Harrison’s Hoss race

Question 16

Not all Indians in the territory opposed allotment by severally and white settlement

Answer 16

True

Question 17

A. Founder of the boomer movement was arrested and fined when he led people into the Unassigned lands before the lands were opened for settlement

Answer 17

True

Question 18

The full-blood factions of the tribes favored selling the unoccupied lands

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The colonization association tried more than once to settle the unassigned lands before the lands were legally opened d

Answer 19

True

Question 20

One group of association members was forced out of the territory when they were fired upon by cannons

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The cattle men favored opening the lands for settlement

Answer 21

False

Question 22

Railroads and mining companies lobbied to get the lands opened

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Many people who slipped into the area earlyataked several claims illegally and sold all but one to others

Answer 23

True

Question 24

William L. couch died as a result of a gunshot wound in a fight over a claim

Answer 24

True