Free OK (Oklahoma) History Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

Pike's treaties were signed by tribes, including the Caddo, Wichita, and Comanche, in return for ___.

Accepted Answer

Gifts, rations, and arms

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Practice traditional farming

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Union and confederate troops

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Arizona . .  new Mexico

Question 2

In Indian Territory, the Five Tribes had close relations with the South for all of the reasons listed below, except.

Accepted Answer

Indian Territory's American Indian population relied on Southern troops to defend them from attack.

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The US government committed to guarding against white encroachment on the Plains tribes.

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By expelling them from the tribe

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Texas Panhandle, western Indian Territory

Question 3

By what agreement was the border between the new slave states and the new free states in the West set at 36° 30' N?

Accepted Answer

The Missouri Compromise

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Popular Sovereignty

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The Monroe Doctrine

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act Violate?

Question 4

The first governor of Oklahoma was chosen.

Accepted Answer

Charles Haskell

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James Robertson

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Lee Cruce

Question 5

The earliest fort built in what is now Oklahoma was named.

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Fort Gibson

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Fort Sill

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Fort CobbFort Arbuckle

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Fort Washita

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Fort Reno

Question 6

On April 22, _____, The first Oklahoma Land Run reportedly attracted 50,000 settlers.

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1889

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1895

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1898

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1897

Question 7

Who was elected as Oklahoma's youngest governor ever?

Accepted Answer

Howard Edmondson

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Henry Bellmon

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David Boren

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George Nigh