Unit 9 Modernizing Texas in an Age of Oil

What is a characteristic of Texas during the Age of Oil?

• growth of urban areas

• water pollution

• decline of job opportunities

• growth of cattle drives

What year did reports of oil at Spindletop appear?

• 1900

• 1901

• 1950

• 1920

How did the invention of farm machinery affect the agricultural industry in Texas?

• it slowed the process of farming

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

• prices on crops increased

• farmers could not afford to farm

Definition of a "boom and bust" cycle?

• period of great profits followed by a downward trend in an industry

• poor profits followed by high profits

• high unemployment and high prices

• high employment rates

Supply and demand affected the economy of Texas during the 1930s by?

• prices increased

• prices stayed the same

• overproduction led to price decreases

• underproduction led to higher demand

Populist movement in Texas addressed reforms needed to?

• restrict railroad prices

• extend voting rights to women

• protect agricultural workers

• restrict oil prices

Texas Equal Suffrage Association's primary goal?

• pass prohibition laws

• win ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• protect African Americans

• free slaves

With the support of groups like the Texas Farmers Union, Farmer's Alliance, and the Grange, ________ was elected governor.

• James Hogg

• James McCallum

• Howard Hughes

• Dan Moody

The First World War changed women's lives in Texas by?

• restricting their rights

• they entered the workforce

• they served in the military

• they had to stay home

What is likely the reason a road is named Camp Bowie in Fort Worth, Texas?

• it is named after a former military post set up during the First World War

• an oil well was discovered there

• an old Indian for was there in the frontier days

• Jim Bowie fought there in 1920