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What happened after the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in 1976?

C hapter 17. What happened after the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in 1976?. Why was 1976 especially significant for the U.S.?. Who was Governor George Nigh?. Governor George Nigh Oklahoma Historical Society.

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What happened after the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in 1976?

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  1. Chapter 17 What happened after the U.S. Bicentennial Celebration in 1976?

  2. Why was 1976 especially significant for the U.S.?

  3. Who was Governor George Nigh? Governor George Nigh Oklahoma Historical Society

  4. Oklahoma Governors George Nigh, David Hall, David Walters, Brad Henry, Frank Keeting, David Boren, and Henry Bellmon. OETA

  5. What was the Idabel Riot?

  6. What was the Connors Prison Riot?

  7. What was the Penn Square Bank Failure?

  8. What were the County Commissioner Scandals?

  9. When did pari-mutuel betting become legal in Oklahoma?

  10. How was Governor Henry Bellmon elected for a second term? Governor Henry Bellmon OETA

  11. What was the Stringtown Prison Riot?

  12. When did Oklahoma host its first Olympic Festival?

  13. Who was William J. Crowe?

  14. Who was Governor David Walters? Governor David Walters

  15. To what did Governor Walters plead guilty?

  16. Who was Karen Silkwood? Karen Silkwood

  17. How did the 1980s go from boom to bust again?

  18. What is a corporate takeover?

  19. Why did the first Persian Gulf War occur? Oklahoman Maj. Dan Crouch, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mosul, Iraq, along with other U.S. Army Corps of Engineer employees traveled to two schools located in the northern Iraq province of Dohuk to deliver school supplies and candy donated from Missouri residents.

  20. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Who were the U.S. presidents from 1977 to 1992? Who were the Oklahoma governors from 1975 to 1994? What were the major accomplishments of George Nigh’s first term as governor?

  21. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What problems did the Department of Corrections encounter in the 1980s? What scandals made front-page news in the early 1980s? Summarize the boom and bust of the 1980s. Include oil, housing, and banking.

  22. DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Describe the career of Henry Bellmon. Why were high school students interested in House Bill 1017? What was Kerr-McGee’s Cimarron Plant for? What was it accused of? Briefly, what was Oklahoma’s role in the Persian Gulf War of 1991?

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