From Territory to Statehood

Twin Territories:  Would Oklahoma enter
            the Union as one state or two?

Watch 15min video on Geronimo:

1890 - 1907 

Railroads and the Towns

Federal government required Indian tribes to give the right-of-way to railroads.

1.  Towns in the railroad's path were sure to prosper

2.  Population of towns with RRs would double

Read p 250 How did Tulsa get the Katy RR?

Agriculture: 

1.  Major crops wheat, corn , and cotton

2.  "Yukon's Best" brand name wheat

3.  boll weevil was a real pest for cotton

Underground Wealth:

Natural Resources

        Mining industry was developed

       1.  Strip mined Coal found near McAlester  
      foreign labor was brought in from Europe

What does it mean to strip mine? p 253

    2.  Lead and zinc were mined in Ottawa County.

    3.  Oklahoma's greatest mineral fame comes 
                            from oil beginning in 1882

Oil Fields Near Bartlesville

Nellie Johnstone No.1

 first large oil well strike
near Bartlesville

Ida Glenn No. 1

Glenn Pool  

What other types of trades were attracted by the oil boom? p 255

By 1906 Oil had made Tulsa  the most rapidly
 growing city in the U.S.

1998 Tulsa
 Skyline with
 Refinery
 Foreground

Photo Credits:

Katy Railroad:                         http://lammers.undata.com/260kt553.JPG

Boll Weevil:                             http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/insectcorner/photos/weevil.

Oil Fields Near Bartlesville:  Oklahoma: The History of An American State p 255

Oil Wells:                                 Robert Hendricks / Casper Star-Tribune via AP file

Capital Oil Well:                      http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/1905/OilWells.

Nellie Johnstone:                     lithographic print from an original watercolor by artist Mike Reeder
                                                  http://www.tulsaweb.com/artists/nelly.

Tulsa Skyline:                          davidhalpern.com/ Tulsa.jpg

Lesson Objectives

Students will learn

OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to:

1. list

2. explain the difference between

3. describe the

4. chart on a map the

5. define the terms

6. Explain the significance of

Knowledge: Recall of data.

Comprehension: Understand the meaning, translation, interpolation, and interpretation of instructions and problems. State a problem in one's own words.

Application:
Use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace.

Analysis:
Separates material or concepts into component parts so that its organizational structure may be understood. Distinguishes between facts and inferences. 

Synthesis:
Builds a structure or pattern from diverse elements. Put parts together to form a whole, with emphasis on creating a new meaning or structure.

Evaluation:
Make judgments about the value of ideas or materials.