Unit 5 Notes

Question 1

What is an effect of Edward McCabe’s proposal that Oklahoma be admitted as an all-black state?

Answer 1

Increased African American migration to the area

Question 2

All black towns in Oklahoma were formed by African Americans for what?

Answer 2

For economic success and escape from discrimination

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Senate One Bill and other Jim Crow laws?

Answer 3

To allow governments to restrict freedoms of African Americans

Question 4

What was the result of the argument about Senate Bill One being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1914?

Answer 4

The Supreme Court upheld the law’s constitutionality and allowed it to remain

Question 5

Which black leader opposed Senate Bill 1?

Answer 5

E.B. McCabe

Question 6

What method was used to desegregate Oklahoma’s schools?

Answer 6

Busing and rezoning

Question 7

Why did racial segregation still continue after legal segregation ended?

Answer 7

Many white families began to migrate to the suburbs

Question 8

What was an important step toward integration of Oklahoma’s public schools?

Answer 8

The governor promoted a constitutional amendment that reorganized school funding

Question 9

What was NOT a way african americans tried to cope with segregation?

Answer 9

Integrating schools and restaurants

Question 10

Why did sit-ins affect the stores they targeted?

Answer 10

The stores experienced a loss in revenue

Question 11

What is the best description of black wall street?

Answer 11

Mini Beverly Hills; golden door during early 1900s

Question 12

Why was Greenwood Avenue in Tulsa important?

Answer 12

It was one of the few streets that did not cross through both black and white neighborhoods

Question 13

What is black wall street a nickname for?

Answer 13

Greenwood district

Question 14

How many times did the dollar circulate in the Greenwood District?

Answer 14

36-100 times

Question 15

What were the KKK anti against?

Answer 15

Anti-Catholic, Anti-Jewish, and Anti-African American

Question 16

How many members did the KKK have by 1921?

Answer 16

100,000

Question 17

What event was an example of intensifying racial tensions resulting in extreme violence in the U.S.?

Answer 17

The 1921 “riot” in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Question 18

Why was the Greenwood District forever changed?

Answer 18

Drexel building, May 30, 1921

Question 19

Who was Dick Rowland?

Answer 19

19 year old African-American

Question 20

Who was Sarah Page

Answer 20

17 year old elevator operator

Question 21

What happened when the firefighters tried to put the fires out in the Greenwood District?

Answer 21

The white mob held them at gunpoint

Question 22

What happened June 2nd?

Answer 22

OK national guard arrived and Martial Law was declared

Question 23

How much of the Greenwood district was burned down and destroyed in the Tulsa Race Riot?

Answer 23

35 square blocks

Question 24

Who was arrested in the Tulsa race riot?

Answer 24

No one

Question 25

What is civil disobedience?

Answer 25

Peaceful action taken to make changes to social or legal situtations

Question 26

What pull factors brought different groups to Oklahoma?

Answer 26

Land availability, coal mining opportunities, work on railroad opportunities

Question 27

What is the signifigance of the Indian REORGANIZATION act?

Answer 27

Turning point in U.S. recognition of tribal sovereignty

Question 28

Describe the Osage Reign of Terror

Answer 28

The murder of Osage people who owned the right to land where oil was found

Question 29

Describe the impact of the Indian CITIZENSHIP Act on tribal members living in Oklahoma

Answer 29

Granted native americans citizenship, but not the right to vote

Question 30

The landmark Supreme Court cases were?

Answer 30

Important successes in the integration of public schools during the civil rights movement

Question 31

What best explains the formation of All-Black towns in Oklahoma?

Answer 31

For economic success and escape from discrimination

Question 32

Governor Gary promised a constitutional amendment that reorganized school funding. This change was important toward?

Answer 32

The integration of Oklahoma’s public schools

Question 33

Why was the Greenwood district referred to as “Black Wall Street”?

Answer 33

It was an economically successful area populated by African Americans

Question 34

X —> President Calvin Coolidge signs the Indian citizenship act

Answer 34

12,000 native american soldiers served in the military during World War I

Question 35

The news excerpt above demonstrates what principle?

Answer 35

Tribal sovereignty