Modernizing Texas an Age of 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

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 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

What helped advance the oil industry in Texas?

• Technology

• Workers

• Boom and Bust Cycle

• Urbanization

Who was Howard Hughes, SR?

• Oil Derrick Inventor

• Governor of Texas

• Drill bit inventor

• President of Lulac

Why did the populations in Texas change so dramatically in Texas during the early 1900's?

• Agricultural expansion

• Industrial expansion

• Colonial expansion

• Westward expansion