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Modernization of Texas

Modernization of Texas

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Social Studies

7th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What year did the first successful oil well erupt, changing the Texas economy forever?

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1901

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns? Options: discovery of oil, discovery of railroads, cattle industry, Windmills

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Back

discovery of oil

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a boomtown?

Back

A town that grows rapidly after the discovery of oil.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

which materials do we get from oil?

Back

gasoline, plastics, synthetic rubber, cosmetics

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The growth of the petroleum industry led to increased populations in cities like Houston, Midland, Odessa, and Beaumont. This statement describes which of the following processes? Urbanization

Back

Urbanization

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The Oil boom in Texas created what? Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy, Tenant Farming, Sharecropping, Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

Back

Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy

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