Texas Oil History and Geography

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What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

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1901

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Which two Texas cities boom into major cities as a result of the oil industry? Options: El Paso, Lubbock; Dallas, El Paso; Dallas, Houston; Lubbock, San Antonio.

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Dallas, Houston.

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Which region of Texas was affected by the Dust Bowl?

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Great Plains

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What were the men who experimented with different ways to find underground oil called?

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wildcatters

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Texas farms relied on who to grow cotton in Texas?

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Sharecroppers

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How did the oil industry shape the development of Odessa?

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The town developed and grew because of oil

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Which of the following would be a good title for this diagram? Options: Industrialization Leads to Urbanization, Rural Population of Texas Increases, Texans Adapt and Modify Their Environment, World War I Changes Texas Politically

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Industrialization Leads to Urbanization

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The diagram above is an example of ?

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Boom and Bust

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How did World War I have a social impact in Texas?

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Women entered the workforce to replace the men fighting in the war.

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Which group of terms and names is related to the era in Texas history known as “Age of Oil”? Options: Top Left, Bottom Left, Top Right, Bottom Right

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Bottom Left