Texas Railroads, Oil & Gas

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Urbanization

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the increase of people working and living in a single area; becoming a city

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Industrialization

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the development of less agriculture and more manufacturing industries in an area

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What did railroads, oil and gas all increase in Texas?

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urbanization

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Where were oil fields NOT found in Texas? Options: the Panhandle, the West, the Southeast, the North

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the West

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What is a negative effect of drilling for oil and natural gas?

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pollution

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What new technology was fast and carried a lot of items at once?

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railroad

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Who's knowledge and determination led to the Spindletop?

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Pattillo Higgins

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Reasons people were: To become rich, get a job, light lamps, fuel cars.

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drilling for oil and natural gas

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Why is the Spindletop important?

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created the greatest oil boom ever

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Which did NOT create boomtowns? Options: natural gas, railroads, crude oil, sharecropping

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sharecropping