Q 01/05

Which president signed the 1907 proclamation that made Oklahoma the 46th state?

A) McKinley

B) Roosevelt

C) Taft

D) Cleveland

Answer · why

B) Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Oklahoma a state on November 16, 1907, merging Oklahoma Territory with Indian Territory, whose leaders had petitioned to...

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

Choctaw: okla means 'people' and humma 'red'. Choctaw chief Allen Wright proposed the name in treaty talks after the Civil War, decades before there w...

Q 03/05

Oklahoma's state nickname comes from settlers who did what during the 1889 land opening?

A) Arrived on the first train

B) Slipped in before the start

C) Bought claims from the tribes

D) Camped a year at the border

Answer · why

B) Slipped in before the start

Slipped in before the start: the cheats hid on the land, then popped up once the run began to stake their claims, and in 1908 the state university's f...

Q 04/05

At what time of day did the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889 begin?

A) Dawn

B) High noon

C) Sunset

D) Midnight

Answer · why

B) High noon

High noon on April 22, 1889: by sundown Oklahoma City and other townsites, empty prairie that morning, held thousands of people living in tents.

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.