Oklahoma Social Studies OKH.C.6

Standard Cluster

Examine Oklahoma’s political, economic, and social history regarding race during the early decades following statehood. Examine how the development of the oil industry affected major sectors of employment and the development of communities, including the role of entrepreneurs (e.g., Frank Phillips, E.W. Marland, Thomas Gilcrease) and the designation of Tulsa as the “Oil Capital of the World.” Examine government policies impacting American Indian identity, culture, economy, Tribal government, and sovereignty. Analyze the effects of federal policy to forcibly assimilate Native children through the establishment of Indian boarding schools (e.g., Riverside Indian School, Chilocco Indian Agricultural School) on Native culture. Examine the judicial decision of Dorothy Sunrise v. Cache Consolidated School District regarding integrated access to public education by American Indians. Explain the justification for passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the concept of dual citizenship. Examine the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ guardianship of American Indian resources, lands, trust accounts and head rights, exemplified by the Osage Allotment Act and exploitation of Osage mineral wealth. Identify the intent of the Indian Relocation Act as it relates to vocational training and assimilation policies, as well as its effect on Tribal communities. Explain the impact of the Code of Indian Offenses of 1883 on Tribal religious and cultural practices. Examine the evolution of race relations in Oklahoma. Analyze the intent and effect of Jim Crow laws initiated by the passage of Senate Bill 1. Explain the outcome of Oklahoma’s attempt to restrict suffrage rights through the grandfather clause (Guinn v. United States of America). Describe the continued growth of African American communities, including the emergence of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa’s Greenwood District. Examine the rise of the Ku Klux Klan and its involvement in acts of intimidation and violence. Analyze the causes of the Tulsa Race Massacre, including its continued social and economic impact. Summarize Oklahoma’s role in World War I, including agricultural exports and the contributions of Oklahoma armed forces and military units, including the Choctaw code talkers. Examine how agricultural conditions and practices were precursors to the Great Depression by describing the boom-and-bust cycle of Oklahoma’s agricultural output to meet the needs of World War I followed by post-war overproduction.

Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026)