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Using complete sentences, explain how the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention influenced Oklahoma statehood.

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Answer 1

An Indian-led attempt to secure separate statehood for Indian Territory, the Sequoyah Convention convened on August 21, 1905, in the Hinton Theater in Muskogee, Creek Nation. At the instigation of Cherokee citizen James A. Norman, in early July 1905 W. C. Rogers, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, and Green McCurtain, chief of the Choctaw Nation, called the convention to draft a constitution for a proposed state and to select a name and capital city. Delegates were chosen in mass meetings held across Indian Territory. In late July an amended call included the names of Creek Chief Pleasant Porter and Seminole Chief John F. Brown. Chickasaw Governor Douglas Johnston opposed the movement. Consequently, William H. Murray, future Oklahoma governor and intermarried Chickasaw, represented the Chickasaws before and during the convention.

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Answer 2

Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information: The Sequoyah Constitutional Convention influenced Oklahoma statehood in many ways. First and foremost, those who helped compose the Sequoyah Constitution also helped draft the Oklahoma Constitution. This included William Murray, who would be the president of the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, and Charles Haskell, who would become the first governor of Oklahoma. Their experiences at the Sequoyah Convention would help them draft the Oklahoma Constitution. Many of the measures of the Sequoyah Constitution would appear in the Oklahoma Constitution as well. Among these measures were the bill of rights and a system of government separated into branches. In the Sequoyah Constitution, 31 rights were included in the bill of rights; the Oklahoma Constitution would add two more to that total. The government outlined in the Sequoyah Constitution also included a system of checks and balances for the branches of government as a limit on government power. This institutional distrust of the power of government would be a feature in the Oklahoma Constitution as well.

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