Q 01/05

Oklahoma joined the Union in 1907 as which numbered state?

A) 43rd

B) 44th

C) 45th

D) 46th

Answer · why

D) 46th

President Theodore Roosevelt signed the proclamation on November 16, 1907, merging Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory into a single state.

Q 02/05

The name Oklahoma comes from two words in which Native American language?

A) Choctaw

B) Cherokee

C) Osage

D) Comanche

Answer · why

A) Choctaw

Okla means 'people' and humma translates as 'red', so the state's name is usually rendered as 'red people'.

Q 03/05

Oklahoma's official nickname comes from settlers who did what during the land openings?

A) Crossed into the territory before the legal start time

B) Arrived by the first train rather than on horseback or wagon

C) Bought their claims directly from tribal governments

D) Camped on the border for a full year before the run began

Answer · why

A) Crossed into the territory before the legal start time

The rule-breakers hid on the unoccupied land and popped up at the legal moment to grab the choicest homesteads, and the insult eventually became the s...

Q 04/05

The Land Rush of 1889 opened the Unassigned Lands at high noon on which date?

A) April 22

B) March 14

C) May 20

D) July 4

Answer · why

A) April 22

An estimated 50,000 people lined up for two million acres, and by nightfall Oklahoma City and Guthrie each had around 10,000 residents.

Q 05/05

Roughly how many people were lined up at the start of the Land Rush of 1889?

A) 5,000

B) 15,000

C) 25,000

D) 50,000

Answer · why

D) 50,000

Under the Homestead Act each settler could claim up to 160 acres, provided they lived on the land and improved it.