<em>Responses may vary but should include some or all of the following information:</em> The temperance movement lobbied for the limited consumption of alcohol and evolved to support the prohibition movement for Oklahoma to enter the Union as a dry state. Notable supporters were Carrie Nation, Maude Thomas, and Charles Haskell, who became the first governor of Oklahoma. The temperance and prohibition movements succeeded, and Oklahoma’s constitution included provisions that made Oklahoma the first state to enter the Union as a dry state.
The temperance movement lobbied for the limited consumption of alcohol and evolved to support the prohibition movement for Oklahoma to enter the Union as a dry state. Notable supporters were Carrie Nation, Maude Thomas, and Charles Haskell, who became the first governor of Oklahoma. The temperance and prohibition movements succeeded, and Oklahoma’s constitution included provisions that made Oklahoma the first state to enter the Union as a dry state.
The Panama Canal The Spanish-American War had shown the need for a shorter water passage between the east coast and the west coast of the United States. After helping Panama gain its independence from Columbia in 1903, the United States purchased a 10 mile wide strip of land through which the Panama Canal was built.
