Fall final Flashcards
Who was the first person to use the term “Dust bowl”
Robert Geiger
What is the subject of the political cartoon
The New Deal
Which statement best explains why the cartoonist might have described the New Deal by saying, “It is evolution, not revolutio, gentlemen?”
The New Deal gradually came about.
What did Franklin roosevelt do to reduce the effects of the depression the day after he became president
He closed all of the banks until federal examiners could determine if they were sound enough to survive.
Which New Deal agency worked on such projects as building dams, improving national parks, planting trees, and fighting wildfires.
CCC
Which group did the reorganized Ku Klux Klan NOT target?
Native Americans
What caused the Tulsa Race Riot
An incident in an elevator
Which outcome was Not a result of the Tulsa Race Riot
Punishment for those who were responsible for the loss of life and property
Who invented a pressure suit that allowed pilots to breathe and survive at higher flight altitudes?
Wiley post
What road was nicknamed “The Main Street of America.”
Route 66
Why did AAA hurt some farmers
It did not treat all farmers equally
According to Columbus’s journal, what product did the Native Americans give to Columbus?
Cotton Thread
According to his journal, what was Columbus’s plan for the natives?
He wanted to convert them to Catholicism.
According to his journal, which statement explains Columbus’s attitude towards the native
He thought they were friendly and peaceful.
Which name was Not influenced by the french
Anadarko
During the first hundred years of European Exploration, what was the main cause of the decline in the number of Native Americans living in north America?
Diseases brought to the continent by the Europeans.
What is the most important aquifer in Oklahoma?
Ogallala
What source of energy is NOT a fossil fuel
Wind
Why did early Europeans come to America?
To find gold and silver
What economic activity took place in the Three Forks area
Trading
Based on the information in the reading, which major agricultural products were produced by the Cherokee?
Squash, beans, and corn
Based on the information in the reading, what language was spoken by the Cherokee?
Iroquoian
Based on the Cherokee myth, why are cedars, pines, spruces, Holly’s, and laurels evergreen
They remained awake for seven nights.
According to the CHerokee myth, how will the world end?
The will end when the cords breaks and drop the world back into the ocean
What was the first federal fort to be built in the present-day Oklahoma
Fort Gibson
What discovery led to the final migrations of Native Americans from Georgia?
Gold
Which southeastern tribe was the first to be encouraged by the U.S government to relocate to the Indian
Choctaw
Who became the first chief of the combined Eastern and Western Cherokee.
John Ross
Which two tribes were the first to sign allotment agreements
Choctaw and Chickasaw
What was the purpose of Columbus’s voyage?
To find a route to China and India
From whom did Jean Baptiste Bernard de La Harpe purchase land for his trading post on the Red River?
The Nassonite
According to the article, where were the land seeker on the train going?
Purcell
Which statement best describes what the native American who were on the train thought, when they saw massive number s of homesteaders in the distance?
They viewed the homesteaders as unwelcome invaders.
Which state best summarizes the main idea of the reading?
The article describes homesteaders on their way to participate in the land rush.
What did homesteaders NOT have to do in order to ultimately get title to the land they claimed?
Bring their family with them.
What was the most common permanent type of shelter built by the homesteaders
Dugout
Where was the first territorial capital of Oklahoma located?
Guthrie
Which group did Francisco Coronado Not encounter
Chickasaw
Who claimed all the land drained by Mississippi river for France
Robert Rene Cavelier, sieur de La selle
What tribe was persuaded by the chouteaus to move their village so the brothers could continue their reading?
Osage
