Defining the Oklahoma Territory

Question 7 • OK-Oklahoma History

How did a land lottery work?

Answer

An interested settler registered, visited the land and evaluated it for settlement, bid on that land, and won the tract by offering the highest bid.

An interested settler surveyed the land, reported a potential claim, and signed up for a drawing to bid on the land against other interested settlers.

An interested settler filed a report with the federal government in Washington and was assigned a tract of land.

An interested settler received a number and was awarded a tract if this number appeared among the first group of numbers drawn on lottery day.

Explanation

In a land lottery, eligible settlers received numbers, and lots were assigned through a random drawing rather than by bidding. A settler won a tract if their number was drawn among the winning numbers, so choice D is correct.

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