Establishing Statehood Answers

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Did women attend the 1906 constitutional convention? Why or why not?

A
No. Women did not want to contribute to new laws created by the convention.
B
Yes. Women argued actively on the convention floor.
C
No. Women lobbied for certain issues with convention members off-site.
D
Yes. Women attended to protest the convention’s segregation laws.
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The constitutional convention put in two provisions for amending the Oklahoma Constitution. What are they?

A
initiatives and a bill of rights
B
a bill of rights and referendums
C
initiatives and referendums
D
ratification and progressive protocols
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Who was the president of the 1906 Oklahoma constitutional convention and took control of drafting the constitution?

A
William Jennings Bryan
B
Charles N. Haskell
C
Chief Pleasant Porter
D
William H. Murray
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What professions did the majority of 1906 Oklahoma constitutional convention delegates represent?

A
farmers, lawyers, and laborers
B
lawyers, politicians, and ranchers
C
farmers, ranchers, and cowboys
D
business owners, laborers, and lawyers
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How did the Oklahoma Constitution’s amendment process allow for direct democracy for the citizens of Oklahoma?

A
It created a means for citizen involvement in the amendment process.
B
It created a means for citizens to vote on new laws.
C
It created a means for citizens to suggest new laws.
D
all of the above
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Which of the following was not a requirement of the Enabling Act of 1906?

A
freedom of religion
B
equal voting rights for women
C
a judicial system
D
public schooling
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What was Oklahomans’ final act to secure statehood?

A
voting to ratify the constitution
B
writing to the US president
C
convening to draft a constitution
D
signing a petition to request statehood
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Why would leaders in Washington, DC, fear a Democratic state forming in the West?

A
The West would then have the majority in Congress.
B
Western Democrats were known outlaws.
C
They would not be able to oversee the state properly.
D
Republicans wanted the West for themselves.
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Why were so few Republicans elected into the constitutional convention?

A
They claimed to support segregation in order to receive the white vote.
B
The African American community did not come out to vote.
C
They did not campaign heavily, like the Democrats did.
D
all of the above
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Why was it required that the Oklahoma Constitution include a clause making polygamy illegal?

A
National sentiment did not favor polygamy, and Congress did not want to upset the public.
B
Many state leaders were reformed polygamists who did not want to encourage the practice in the state.
C
Both New Mexico and Arizona were applying for statehood, but the federal government was wary of the large polygamous populations in the area.
D
Men already outnumbered women in the territories, and the delegates did not want to make it any harder for men to find wives.
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Which of the following reasons best explains why establishing a public school system was a necessary condition of the 1906 Oklahoma Enabling Act?

A
The federal government sought tax dollars from profits of state educational systems.
B
A public school system encouraged massive and long-term job growth for teachers.
C
A system of mandatory education gives all children equal access, which can increase the number of successful citizens.
D
Only the government can supply quality education to students.
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What was the goal of the constitutional convention?

A
to gather delegates to study state constitutions
B
to petition Congress to include Oklahoma as a state
C
to map out borders for the Twin Territories
D
to draft a constitution for the proposed State of Oklahoma
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The Enabling Act of 1906 called for the Oklahoma and Indian territories to divide into _____ districts and elect two delegates from each district.

A
50
B
55
C
62
D
48
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Did women attend the 1906 constitutional convention? Why or why not?

A
No. Women did not want to contribute to new laws created by the convention.
B
Yes. Women argued actively on the convention floor.
C
No. Women lobbied for certain issues with convention members off-site.
D
Yes. Women attended to protest the convention’s segregation laws.
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Why were African American voters more likely to vote Republican in the late 1800s?

A
The Republican Party paid African American voters to encourage them to vote.
B
The Republican Party redrew district lines for more participation from African American voters.
C
The Republican Party had supported the secession of the South before the Civil War.
D
The Republican Party had been the party of Abraham Lincoln, who had abolished slavery.

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