Oil Boom

Oil Boom

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What is petroleum?

• natural oil

• man-made oil

• type of plant

• hard rock

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Why did Pattillo Higgins first start drilling for oil under Spindletop Hill?

• He wanted to open oil wells across Texas.

• He wanted to find a new fuel source for making bricks.

• He wanted to find a new fuel source for his car.

• He wanted to find valuable rocks under the surface.

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Who was Captain Anthony F.

Lucas?

• He was the owner of Spindletop.

• He was the governor of Texas.

• He was hired by Patillo Higgins to help find oil.

• He bought Spindletop from Patillo Higgins.

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Why was oil called "black gold"?

• Oil was very valuable like gold is.

• Oil is the same color as gold.

• Oil is the same material as gold.

• Oil is the same thing as gold.

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What was the name of the first major oil well in Texas?

• Spinning Top

• Spindletop

• Patillo Higgins

• Golden Well

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Why did Beaumont become

a center of industrialization in Texas?

• Oil drillers rushed to the region around Spindletop to see if they could find more gold.

• Oil drillers rushed to the region around Spindletop to see if they could buy land to grow crops.

• People wanted to move to the region because of its natural beauty.

• People wanted to move to the region because of the nice weather.

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What is an oil refinery?

• a factory that cleans and processes steel into products such as metal or pipes

• a factory that cleans and processes iron into products such as rods

• a place where you can go fill up your car with gasoline

• a factory that cleans and processes oil into products such as gasoline or kerosene

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Oil drillers found more than just oil. They also found....

• volcanic rock

• buried treasure

• natural gas

• valuable gemstones

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Where were the first oil wells drilled in Texas?

• Austin

• Odessa

• Beaumont

• Dallas