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Changes in the Indian Territory

Question 3 • OK-Oklahoma History

Which of the following was not a motivation for African Americans who were seeking to migrate to Oklahoma in the late 1800s?

Answer
A
the establishment of all-African American communities in Oklahoma Territory
B
the prohibition of sharecropping by freedmen in Indian Territory
C
the rise of Jim Crow legislation in Southern states
D
the easy availability of cheap land in the Oklahoma territories

Explanation

The rise of Jim Crow laws, access to inexpensive land, and the chance to build all-Black communities encouraged African Americans to move to Oklahoma. Sharecropping, however, was not prohibited in Indian Territory; it was a system of labor that many freedmen experienced. Therefore, “the prohibition of sharecropping by freedmen in Indian Territory” was not a motivation.

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