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Learning Goals
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The students will understand the
concept of twin territories, how the
Jim Crow Laws affected the “twin
territories”, the concept of prohibition
and how Oklahoma became a state.
The Hamilton Bill
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Known as the Oklahoma Enabling Act
passed on June 16, 1906 providing for the
creation of a single state combining the
territories.
The series of events which had begun with
the Indian Removal; Act of 1830 had
finally achieved the aims of many of the
early white leaders. The Indian Nations no
longer existed.
Indians were going to be made a part of
American society.
The Oklahoma Enabling Act was passed by
voters on November 6, 1906
E.P. McCabe and the black
state
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E.P. McCabe, founder of
Langston, continued to
believe the only was for
African-Americans to
achieve political power was
to become a voting
majority – that is to have
the largest voting aged
group in a given area. In
this case the area was
Oklahoma Territory.
McCabe hoped to make
Oklahoma an African
American State.
On November 16th 1907,
Oklahoma became the
46th state of the United States.
How did Oklahoma
become a state?
Oklahoma started out as TWO
territories!
Before new lands are added
to the United States,
they spend a few years
being a “territory.”
The next map shows all fifty states
as they joined the union
over one hundred years of our
nation’s growing ….
Map of all 50 states’ admission
to the United States…
The United States Congress
admits new states
to the unionafter the citizens living there
have decided
that is what they want.
First, state leaders gather
together at a convention
(meeting) to write a state
constitution.
All states have their own
constitution- an agreement
of how their government
will be run.
Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
And that is just what the
people in Oklahoma did.
Only there were TWO
groups of people
who wanted to join
the United States!
In 1905, leaders of
many Indian tribes
met together to ask
for statehood.
They wanted to join
their lands together
into a state, named
after the Cherokee
leader, Sequoyah.
State of
Sequoyah
Another group of people
met in Oklahoma City to ask
for statehood for the western
areas. They would call their
state Oklahoma.
State of
Oklahoma
But Congress would not
approve either group’s request.
The TWO territories were asked
to work together and find a way
to create ONE state.
So, leaders from
Indian Territory and
Oklahoma Territory met together
to write a constitution for
one state.
They agreed to call the state
“Oklahoma.”
The capital
was located
in the center
of the state
in the town
of Guthrie.
And the people from both
territories voted “YES”
to the joining of TWO territories
together.
One year later, Congress
admitted Oklahoma
as the 46th state.
President Theodore Roosevelt
signed the law
making Oklahoma a state!
President Roosevelt signed the
statehood proclamation on the
morning of November 16, 1907.
A White House telegraph
was sent to Guthrie the minute
the President signed
the proclamation!
A crowd was
already waiting
in the streets
to celebrate.
People cheered,
men fired pistols
into the air,
and bands played.
The people
had already
held an
election days
before to
choose their
first Governor,
Charles
Haskell.
"I do solemnly swear
that I will support, obey,
and defend the
Constitution of the
United States and the
Constitution of the State
of Oklahoma as
Governor of the State of
Oklahoma."
As part of the
ceremony,
a pretend wedding
was held between
a man who stood
for Oklahoma
Territory
and a woman who
stood for
Indian Territory.
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The statue in
front of the
Oklahoma
Territorial
Museum
represents the
marriage
between a
women who
stood for the
Indian territory
and a man who
stood for the
Oklahoma
Territory.
A minister of a
nearby church
“married” the
two territories
into ONE stateOklahoma!
Jim Crowism
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Although President Roosevelt had
previously asked that “Jim Crow” laws not
be included in the Constitution he approved
the document and proclaimed Oklahoma to
be a state on November 16, 1907.
“Jim Crow” laws are ones in which
segregate or discriminate against African
Americans
Regardless of the Jim Crowism of the new
Constitution the document was considered
quite progressive in 1907. It provided for an
eight hour work day for government
employees and miners, and it allowed
women to vote in school elections.
Chapter 16 Section 1
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1.) Name the two territories that were being
combined to form the State of Oklahoma?
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2.) Who was elected president of the Oklahoma
Constitutional Convention?
a.) G.W. Steele
b.) Charles Haskell
c.) William Murray
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3.) E.P. McCabe was the founder of what town?
a.) Guthrie
b.) Langston
c.) Oklahoma City
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4.) What act combined the two “twin” territories
into one state?
a.) Organic Act known as the Hamilton Bill
b.) Dawes Act known as the Hamilton Bill
c.) Oklahoma Enabling Act known as the
Hamilton Bill
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6.) Who was president when Oklahoma became
a state?
a.) Theodore Roosevelt
b.) Franklin Roosevelt
c.) Thomas Jefferson
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7.) What date did Oklahoma become a state?
a.) December 16, 1907
b.) November 16, 1907
c.) September 16, 1907
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8.) What was prohibition?
a.) Prohibiting and segregating African
Americans from the white community
b.) Prohibiting and segregating Native
Americans from the white community
c.) The banning of the transport, sale,
consumption or distribution of alcohol
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5.) What laws allowed for segregation and
stated that “separate but equal” was legal?
a.) Indian territory laws
b.) Jim Crow Laws
c.) Hamilton Bill Laws
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9.) Oklahoma was the ________ state to join the
Union?
a.) the 46th
b.) the 50th
c.) the 52nd
10.) What does the statue in front of the
Territorial Museum represent?
a.) The union between the two territories
b.) The military defeat of the Indian Territory
c.) The success of the land rushes in Oklahoma
territory
Chapter 16 Section 1
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1.) Name the two territories that
were being combined to form the
State of Oklahoma?
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6.) E.P. McCabe became the founder
of what city?
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7.) What date did Oklahoma become
a state?
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8.) What was prohibition?
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9.) Describe Oklahoma’s admission
as a state in accordance with the
Jim Crow Laws.
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10.) What is the statue in front of
the Territorial Museum a
representation of?
2.) Who was elected president of
the Oklahoma Constitutional
Convention and why?
3.) Name two goals of E.P McCabe?
4.) Describe Oklahoma Enabling
Act?
5.) Describe the Jim Crow Laws.