On September 17, 1907 the people of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories voted favorably on statehood. The vote was certified and delivered to the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt and on November 16, 1907, Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting Oklahoma as the forty-sixth state
B. The preamble,The Preamble to the
Constitution mainly serves as an introductory statement that outlines
the reasons the U.S. Constitution was written and the values it
represents.
