Unit 9 Modernizing TX in an Age of Oil

Which of the following is a characteristic of Texas during the Age of Oil?

• Growth of cattle drives

• Growth of urban areas

• Growth of rural areas

• Shrinking of cities

The year 1901 marked the birth of the

• petroleum industry

• cotton industry

• professional football

• cattle industry

Which would have motivated someone living near Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas to sell their land in January 1901?

• discovery of oil

• decrease in land value

• a rise in crime

• the invasion of wild pigs

Which of the following events happened first?

• Oil was discovered in Corsicana

• Wall Street Crashed

• The Vietnam War begins

• President Nixon is elected

The Spindletop and Joiner strikes in Texas launched which economic period?

• The Gold Rush

• The Texas Oil Boom

• The Age of Cotton

• Texas Independence

Oil wells in Texas and elsewhere also produce which additional natural resource?

• Well Water

• Natural Gas

• Lumber

• Coal

How did rising demand for oil affect the Texas economy?

• It allowed industrialists the freedom to do research and develop new enviromental technologies.

• It increased the population and the demand for lumber, housing, and agricultural products

• It created a larger need for slaves to work in the oil fields.

• It created a demand for more law enforcement to protect oil field workers.

How did this invention affect the agricultural industry in Texas?

• Many farmers who could not afford new equipment went out of business causing an increase in prices.

• Crops were produced in greater amounts eventually supplying more than was demanded causing a drop in prices

• It caused mass destruction of growing fields

• It caused an increase in farmers because everyone wante dto drive a tractor

Texas Governor James "Big Jim" Hogg is best known for reforming

• banking

• the railroads

• ranching and farming

• the oil industry

Where are the majority of major oil fields located in Texas?

• The Mountains and Basins

• The Coastal Plains

• The Great Plains

• The Hill Country