Unit 9 Review

Front

What did the people of Galveston do to protect themselves from future storms after the 1900 Galveston Hurricane? Options: built stores, built a seawall, created a canal system, relocated the city

Back

built a seawall

Front

How did the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 alter the economic development of Texas?

Back

Major industries in Galveston moved inland to Houston.

Front

In what year did Spindletop, the largest gusher the world had seen, catapult Beaumont into an oil-fueled boomtown?

Back

1901

Front

What did the Texas cities of Houston, Corpus Christi, and Beaumont have in COMMON?

Back

they grew as a result of the oil industry

Front

How did the oil industry shape the development of Odessa?

Back

The town grew as the demand for oil increased.

Front

What is the historical significance of Spindletop?

Back

Texas petroleum industry here.

Front

Which industry caused the MOST change in the economic development of East Texas during the early 1900s? Options: Oil, Cotton, Cattle, Engineering

Back

Oil

Front

How did the increased urbanization of Texas change the types of jobs made available to people?

Back

Jobs moved from farming and agriculture to industries and technological production.

Front

What event caused rural Texas to urbanize and have boomtowns develop in Texas? Options: Cattle Trial, Windmills, Discovery of Oil, Railroads

Back

Discovery of Oil

Front

What role did the oil industry play in Texas' transition from a rural to an industrial economy?

Back

It accelerated the transition by creating jobs and attracting investments.