Age of Oil

Who created the rotary drill bit and influenced the Petroleum (Oil) Industry?

• James Hogg
• Women of World War I
• Howard Hughes Sr.
• LULAC

When did the discovery of oil in Spindletop occur?

• 1900
• 1901
• 1914
• 1920

What caused for rural Texas to urbanize and have boomtowns pop up all over Texas?

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

What occurred to the economic and trading center moved to after the Galveston Hurricane in the 1900?

• San Antonio
• Houston
• Dallas
• El Paso

Where was the first major Oil discovery in Texas?

• Spindle top

• Dallas

• Permian Basin

• East Texas

A word that describes a time of high employment is what?

• Bust

• Boom

• Depression

• Recession

Oil led to an increase in what in Texas?

• Population

• Cities

• Jobs

• All of them

Oil led to an increase in what in Texas?

• Population

• Cities

• Jobs

• All of them

A town that grows rapidly because of the discovery of oil is called a what?

• Busttown

• Boomtown

• Cooltown

• Whatevertown

Another term for Oil is what?

• Petroleum

• Gas

• Neon