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Oregon History, Statehood to Present Quiz
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What large group of Oregonians was sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II?
Native Americans
German Americans
Japanese Americans
Italian Americans
What best describes the "Oregon System"?
The progressive land use system that includes growth restrictions
A set of reforms that included election initiative and referendum
The free college education system that ran from 1929 to 1956
The system of providing free health care to low income Oregonians
How many blacks and mulattoes were counted in the 1860 Oregon census?
124
3,046
11,948
33,285
What animal came to symbolize the conflict between environmentalists and timber communities over the fate of Oregon's forests in the 1990s?
Cougar
White-tail deer
Beaver
Spotted owl
Name one thing NOT associated with Governor Tom McCall:
Land use planning advances
Oregon Bottle Bill
Oregon Health Plan
Willamette Greenway
What federal program put several million young American males to work during the Great Depression?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Works Projects Administration (WPA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA)
What are gyppos?
Investment swindlers
Cut rate local food markets
Small scale loggers
University graduate teaching assistants
Name the state with a constitution NOT used as a model for the 1857 Oregon Constitution?
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Which Indian leader led his Nez Perce band on a brilliant retreat, eluding the U.S. Army for months in 1877?
Chief Kilchis
Chief Paulina
Chief Joseph, the Younger
Chief Concomly
What Oregon industry used traps, seine nets, and wheels?
Mining
Salmon fishing
Logging
Agriculture
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