Texas Oil

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

• Jobs were only available in industries and technologies.
• Jobs moved from industries and technological production to farming and agriculture.
•  The only jobs that were made available were in the area of agriculture.
• Jobs moved from farming and agriculture to industries and technological production.

What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

• 1866
• 1930
• 1901
• 1914

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 pocesses?

• Vertical Integration 
• Horizontal Integration 
• Boom & Bust Cyle 
• Urbanization

Which is the best definition of a "boom and bust cycle"?

• a period of business growth followed by a period in industry failures or depression

• a period of low profits followed by a large growth in an industry

• a period of high unemployment followed by a growth period

• a period of growth leading to higher employment

The Oil boom in Texas created what?

• Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy

• Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

• Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?

• discovery of oil
• discovery of railroads
• cattle industry
• Windmills

Which word means: A period of great profits followed by downward trend in an industry.

• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Boom and Bust Cycle

which materials do we get from oil?

• saddles, boots, hats

• railroads

• cotton, corn, wheat

• gasoline, plastics, synthetic rubber, cosmetics

What was an effect of the discovery of oil at Spindletop?

• Texas didn't change

• People came to Texas looking for oil and cities like Midland and Odessa grew

• the government took over all the oil companies

• Texans moved to rural areas to farm

Oil companies gave money to education and colleges in Texas grew.

• True

• False