Texas Oil & Impacts

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You will have 2 questions after this video :)

It is 2 minutes long - pay attention.

Multiple Choice

How many barrels a day did Spindletop flow when it struck oil?

• None

• 200,000

• 350,000

• 100,000

Multiple Choice

What was the news reporter's name?

• Mike Jones

• Paul Wall

• Nelly

• Bob Buckalew

S p i n d l e t o p :

On January 10, 1901 a giant plume of oil count be seen at Spindletop. It could be seen from more than 10 miles away.

Before Spindletop, Texas was considered an agricultural state, meaning it focused on primarily farming for economic purposes.

Multiple Choice

Before Spindletop, Texas was considered an

• Industrial state

• agricultural state

• technological state

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Beaumont, Texas became a __________ town after the oil discovery at Spindletop. Hint: This is a vocabulary word

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Boom

Bust

Agricultural

Cattle

Multiple Choice

What caused rural (country) Texas towns to become boomtowns?

• discovery of oil

• discovery of railroads

• cattle industry

• Windmills

Patillo Higgins was a businessman and a self-taught geologist who first suspected there might be oil lurking beneath Spindletop Hill, located three miles south of Beaumont, Texas.

Spindletop Hill, was formed by an underground salt dome which pushed the earth above it higher and higher as it grew.

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was a self-taught geologist and ​

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who first suspected there might be oil at Spindletop Hill​

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Spindletop was created by an underground ​

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On January 10, 1901,
an oil well at Spindletop struck oil.

The Spindletop gusher blew for 9 days at a rate estimated at 100,000 barrels of oil per day.

Gulf Oil and Texaco, now part of Chevron Corporation, were formed to develop production at Spindletop.

​OIL IS FOUND!

Multiple Choice

Which event occurred in 1901?

• Discovery of Oil at Spindletop

• Arab Oil Embargo

• U.S Entry into World War I

• Galveston Hurricane

Multiple Choice

How long did Spindletop release oil before the workers could get the flow under control?

• 2 days

• 6 days

• 9 days

• 2 weeks

​Nicknamed the "Lucas Gusher" because of Anthony Lucas, the oil discovery on Spindletop Hill changed the economy of Texas and helped bring in the Age of Oil.

​a g e o f o i l :

Multiple Choice

Who was the "Lucas Gusher" nicknamed after?

• Patillo Higgins

• Anthony Lucas

• Henry Ford

• William B Travis

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The oil discovery on Spindletop Hill changed the economy of Texas by: ​

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The craziness of oil exploration and the economic development ($$$) it created in the state became known as the Texas oil boom.

The United States soon became the world's leading oil producer.

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After oil discovery at Spindletop,

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Oil investors, like Sid Richardson and Hugh Roy Cullen, made 40 million dollars after the discovery of oil at Spindletop! In today's economy, that was worth 11 billion dollars!

Can you imagine what you could do with that much money?!

Multiple Choice

Investors in Spindletop became instant millionaires.

How many millions did they automatically gain with the oil discovery at Spindletop?

• 1 million

• 10 million

• 20 million

• 40 million

Multiple Choice

The discovery at Spindletop was worth about how much in today's money?

• 1 million

• 11 million

• 1 billion

• 11 billion

Open Ended

What is ONE thing would you do with 40 million dollars? You can also upload pictures of something you would buy.

Match

Match the following impacts of oil to the correct type.

• Oil boom made Texas rich!

• Governor Hogg appoints the Texas Railroad Commission to regulate or make rules for the oil industry.

• Population of Texas increased due to boomtowns.

ECONOMIC

POLITICAL

SOCIAL

• ECONOMIC

• POLITICAL

• SOCIAL

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What term refers to "a period of great growth followed by sharp decline" which was seen in the oil industry in Texas.

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the "boom and bust" cycle

the "high and low" cycle

the "good and bad" cycle

the "up and down" cycle

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Another term for Oil is what?

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The Oil boom in Texas created what? Think of the PROS of the Oil Boom.

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Poll

This year is a leap year! Do you know what a leap year is?

• No.

• Yes!

• Not really, I just want to go to sleep.

• No, I'm just thinking about food.

Multiple Choice

What is a something you would see in Texas during the "Age of Oil"?

• Decline of job opportunities.

• Decline of industrialization.

• Growth of urban (cities) areas.

• Growth of cattle drives.

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Click on the "Wildcatter" according to its definition from your vocabulary words.

Multiple Choice

Which REGION contains a large amount of oil wells compared to the others?

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• North Central Plains

• Coastal Plains

• Mountain and Basins

• Great Plains

Categorize

Options (12)

CREATED JOBS

MADE TEXAS RICH

OIL MADE TEXAS PROFITS

AN INCREASED IN VIOLENCE AND CRIME

LACK OF HOUSING AND DISEASES SPREAD

POPULATION BOOMED

TEXAS FORMED GOVERNMENT ALLIANCES WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.

GOVERNOR HOGG CREATED THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION

LEADERS CREATED OIL LAWS

LOVES DR PEPPER :)

TEACHES TX HISTORY :)

IS BESTIES WITH THE TEACHER NEXT DOOR :)

Organize these IMPACTS into the right categories. (Each category has 3 statements)

ECONOMIC

POLITICAL

SOCIAL

TEACHER

Open Ended

How would YOUR life be different if we did NOT have oil?

Look at the list of products.

Write AT LEAST 1 COMPLETE SENTENCE.

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What were other names for oil?

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Who was a mining expert?

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Beaumont became a ___?

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Who was a real estate developer?

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Options (8)

MAKES A PROFIT

CREATES NEW PRODUCTS

HELPS THE ECONOMY

POLLUTION

DEPENDENCY ON OIL

DAMAGING TO THE EARTH

ECONOMIC BOOM

ECONOMIC BUST

Organize these options into the right categories (4 EACH)

PROS

CONS

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word that means "oil that sprays without being pumped"