Instructions: Type the correct word or words in the blanks to complete the facts about Oklahoma.   If you type a space after your answer, it will look like it is correct, but it will be marked wrong.  Use the tab key to move from space to space.

1. The capital of Oklahoma is ⁽¹⁾.
   
   
2. Oklahoma's nickname is the ^{(2) "}.^"
   
   
3. The shape of Oklahoma is easily identified by its distinctive ⁽³⁾.
   
   
4. In Oklahoma, the ⁽⁴⁾ industry boomed during the first three decades of the 20th century.
   
   
5. Now Oklahoma is the third largest producer of ⁽⁵⁾.
   
   
6. Part of Oklahoma was designated for the relocation of ⁽⁶⁾ who were forced to leave their original areas.  When they started migrating to Oklahoma, that was the "trail of tears," and along the way, many passed away.
   
   
7. Some unsettled land that was not assigned to Indians was made available for homesteading and, at the appointed time, 50,000 people with horses and wagons rushed in to stake their ⁽⁷⁾.
   
   
8. The land rush gave the state its ⁽⁸⁾, "The Sooner State."   Some people slipped beyond the borders sooner than they were supposed to, so they were called, "The Sooners."
   
   
9. Less than 50 years after that great land rush, a prolonged drought turned the state's rich farm belt into a wasteland.  Oklahoma had become part of the ⁽⁹⁾ bowl.
   
   
10. After WWI, the Wilson administration wanted this area to be the breadbasket of the world, so they began to plow up all the short-stemmed grasses that had held the soil together, and they planted ⁽¹⁰⁾.
    
    
11. The agricultural devastation that resulted from the dust bowl lengthened the depression for Oklahoma farmers.  Roughly fifteen percent of the state fled to ⁽¹¹⁾.
    
    
12. On April 19, 1995 a homegrown terrorist drove a truck full of explosives up to the Murrow ⁽¹²⁾ Building, and 168 people were killed in the explosion.  Until the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, this was the deadliest act of terrorism on US soil.
    
    
13. The music of singer songwriter, ⁽¹³⁾ Guthrie, helped define America's heartland and had a great influence on American folk music.
    
    
14. Oklahoma was the home of the first "yield" sign, the first shopping cart, and the first ⁽¹⁴⁾ can.
    
    
15. You can also thank Oklahoma for bringing us the first ⁽¹⁵⁾ meter.