Galveston Hurricane and the Age of Oil

Oil has many uses including kerosene and _______ for automobiles.

• gasoline

• water

_______ was used for fuel and lighting.

• Sand

• Kerosene

The first major discovery of oil in Texas took place in _______, near Beaumont.

• Gold

• Spindletop

What year did mass production of the Model T automobile begin?

• 1901

• 1908

The Spindletop discovery started the _____ in Texas.

• oil boom

• Gold Rush

Companies like Texaco increased _________ opportunities in Texas.

• production

• employment

_____ would become a huge industry in Texas.

• Cotton

• Oil

Some innovations to the oil industry included directional and offshore drilling as well as_______

• rotary drill bits

• derricks

• railroads

Rotary Drill bits that could cut through rock 10 times faster than other bits were invented by ___________.

• Eli Whitney

• Howard Hughes, Sr.

What happened to most of the new companies when the oil wells dried up?

• continued to drill oil

• went out of business

• created new jobs