1. Statehood Chapter 16 Jim Crowism 1890 thru 1896 Green Currin
HB 119
Guthrie School Board
Rise of the KKK
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Supreme Court ruled “separate but equal was legal”
Legalized Segregation
1896 thru 1907
Rise in Jim Crowism
Stops with Constitution

2. Statehood Chapter 16 Plans for Statehood 1891 thru 1907
Bad Economy gets better
5 Plans
Single Statehood
Double Statehood
OT becomes state; IT stays territory
Piecemeal Absorption Plan
Du-Nuthin
E.P.McCabe

3. Statehood Chapter 16 Sequoyah Convention August 21, 1905 Muskogee
Members and Leaders
Create constitution for an All-Indian State
State’s name will be Sequoyah
State’s Capital will be Ft. Gibson
Voters approve on Nov. 7, 1905

4. Statehood Chapter 16 Actions of U.S. Congress
Disapprove Sequoyah Constitution
Would have been a Democrat State
National Government controlled by Republicans
Debate Continues with Introduction of Hamilton Statehood Bill
Approved June 16, 1906
Becomes Oklahoma Enabling Act

5. Statehood Chapter 16 Oklahoma Enabling Act
Approved by election Nov. 6, 1906
Sets standards for Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Held in Guthrie
Capital of State would be Guthrie till 1914
Single State
112 Delegates to be elected
55/55/2

6. Statehood Chapter 16 Oklahoma Constitutional Convention
Convenes on Nov. 20, 1906
William H. Murray is President of Convention
Oklahoma’s Constitution
Progressive
Initiative and referendum
Corporation Commission
Labor laws
Not So Progressive
Segregated Schools
Prohibition

7. Statehood Chapter 16 Convention adjourns June of 1907
See page 151 for other provisions of the Constitution
Convention adjourns June of 1907
September 17, 1907
Election
Constitution is approved
Prohibition is approved
Officials
Governor
Commissioner of Charities and Corrections
State Legislature
William H. Murray

8. Statehood Chapter 16
Constitution is sent to Washington, D.C. for action
November 16, 1907
11:16am “Oklahoma is a State”
Noon—Officials take oath of office in Guthrie