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QuizMultiple Choice

The Great Depression and the New Deal

Question 10 • OK-Oklahoma History -CA- 37411A

The Oklahoma governor responsible for halting farm foreclosures and ordering oil well quotas during the early Great Depression was _________.

Answer
A
Herbert Hoover
B
William Murray
C
E. W. Marland
D
Leon Phillips

Explanation

William H. Murray, known as “Alfalfa Bill,” was Oklahoma’s governor during the early Great Depression. He halted farm foreclosures and ordered oil production quotas, also called proration, to control output. E. W. Marland and Leon Phillips became governors later.

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