Oklahoma History

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lot of people asked the government to take it away from the Indians. The government, after a few years decided to change the treaty and breakup the Indians. That was a major broken promise to the Indians.
This state was formed by discouraged and displaced people. When the Government freed blacks from slavery, very few blacks knew how to read and write. The ones that knew how, found jobs, but that left around one million black people homeless. With the destruction to the south was so bad it left two million white people homeless. It was hard to find a job the moved out west to Oklahoma to work for miners and Sharecroppers. When the government had taken away the Indian's land, they had no jobs or a way to make money. So they too were displaced and discouraged.
When they came to Oklahoma, they were looking for a new start. They had such a rough time in Oklahoma that they were discouraged. The North had taken away or burned everything they had in the south. They were mad at the ...

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