The Sooners of Oklahoma were motivated by the Homestead Act. This act, passed in 1862, encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land, leading to the land rushes in Oklahoma, including those by the Sooners who entered prior to the official opening of the land to settlement.
The Sooners of Oklahoma were motivated by
Question 11 options:
the Transcontinental Railroad.
the Battle of Little Big Horn.
the Haymarket Square incident.
the Homestead Act.
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