Age of Oil: A new Century brings changes to Texas

Age of Oil: A new Century brings changes to Texas

Multiple Choice

What is "suffrage"?

• Pain and agony

• Hurting for a long time

• The right to vote

• The right to speak freely

Multiple Choice

Oil is made from rocks that have melted for thousands of years

• True

• False

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Most plastics are made from petroleum (oil)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which occurred first?

• Women receive the right to vote under the 19th Amendment

• World War 1 begins

Multiple Choice

Spindletop was the first producing oil well in Texas.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Railroads switched from using oil for fuel, to burning coal instead.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The oil industry created jobs in other fields as well

• True

• False

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Which statement is NOT true?

• Over 600 oil companies were created in the Texas Oil Boom

• Oil production replaced the lumber industry as the leading industry

• Texas farms stopped growing cotton because oil was more valuable

• The oil industry created need for new types of transportation

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Which is true?

• Boomtowns were disease ridden and violent

• Boomtowns created lots of city parks for children to enjoy

• Boomtowns had the best sewage and drainage systems money could buy

• Boomtowns were known for their excellent healthcare services

Multiple Choice

The Great Depression caused a drop in oil prices

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Identify the false statement

• Many everyday products are made from oil

• Oil is an excellent food supplement

• Cars use oil products for fuel

• The Petrochemical Industry uses oil to make other things

Multiple Choice

Once the lumber industry boomed, Beaumont became a Texas boomtown.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which is more likely to occur in a boomtown?

• A homeless man is robbed in the street

• Children would have lots of parks

• Families would enjoy evenings at a restaurant

• Large groups of older people would gather to play cards

Multiple Choice

Which large Texas city became a center of services to support the oil industry?

• San Antonio

• Dallas

• Houston

• Austin

Multiple Choice

The rotary drill was only effective for drilling through sand

• True

• False