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Student Activity Book Chapter 23 PROHIBITION, PROTESTS, AND POLITICS

I. VOCABULARY. Write a short definition for each word below.

1. accustom______.

2. stalemate______.

3. inconvenient______.

4. referendum______.

5. reapportionment______

6. expenditure ______.

II. COMPLETION. Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with the word or words that would complete each sentence correctly.

1. Edmondson’s very effective Attorney General was______.

2. Repeal of prohibition became the ______Amendment to Oklahoma’s constitution.

3. A federal court ordered______to equalize state voting.

4. The youngest person to be elected governor of Oklahoma was______.

5. Edmondson was succeeded by ______, who was governor for______days.

6. Presently, Oklahoma City is the ______largest city in the U.S.

7. The state’s first Republican governor was Governor ______.

8. The most controversial issue during Bellmon’s first administration was in the area of______.

9. The State Merit System was established during Governor ______’s administration.

10. Edmondson resigned as governor so that he could be appointed to the office of______.

11. The young teenage protestors who began the sitins in Oklahoma City were led by______.

12. Henry Bellmon was succeeded as governor by______.

13. The state’s first Republican Attorney General was______.

14. The person who achieved the highest political office attained by an Oklahoman was______

______.

15. The highest political office held by an Oklahoman is the office of______.

16. Dewey Bartlett was succeeded by______.

Ill. MATCHING. Match the date to the event.

______1. Prohibition was repealed in Oklahoma. A. January, 1959

______2. Oklahoma City became the largest city in land area in the U.S. B. November 5, 1962

______3. Henry Bellmon was inaugurated. C. April 7, 1959

______4. Civil rights protests began in Oklahoma City. D. 1962

______5. The Justice of the Peace system was eliminated in Oklahoma. E. January 14, 1963

______6. The first Republican Attorney General was elected to office. F. July 11, 1967

______7. Stores began to sell liquor legally. G. October 31, 1961

______8. The first Republican governor of Oklahoma was elected H. September 1, 1959

to office.

______9. Edmondson inaugurated as governor. I. 1966

______10. Republicans and Democrats involved in nearriot in J. August 19, 1958

Oklahoma City.

IV . TRUE or FALSE. Write “T” for true and “F” for false.

______1. Edmondson was elected governor by largest voting majority ever given a gubernatorial candidate.

______2. Edmondson was determined to prevent the repeal of prohibition in Oklahoma.

______3. Edmondson’s programs grew increasingly popular with the people near the end of his administration.

______4. Edmondson resigned as governor only days before his term of office ended.

______5. Edmondson was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 1964.

______6. Henry Bellmon favored an increase in the state sales tax.

______7. Oklahoma experienced a scandal in the Oklahoma Supreme Court during Bellmon’s first term in office.

______8. Although a Republican working with a Democratic legislature, Bellmon was able to get

more bills passed through the legislature than any of his three predecessors had.

______9. Professional sanctions against Oklahoma because of the low salaries of teachers and the poor

educational conditions were opposed by the Oklahoma Education Association.

______10. The county attorney system was replaced by a district attorney system during Bellmon’s

administration.