Texas Oil Boom

What natural disaster occurred in the year 1900 in Galveston?

• Galveston Hurricane
• Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Ike
• Issac's Storm

After the city of Galveston was devastated by a hurricane in 1900_____________.

• a 17 ft. sea wall was built to protect the island 
• the city's government became less honest
• the city became a ghost town because everyone moved
• visitors stopped going there

What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?

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

Which word means: A period of great profits followed by downward trend in an industry.

• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Boom and Bust Cycle

The discovery of oil and the growth of railroads led to??

• The destabilization of Texas
• World War 1
• The urbanization of Texas.
• The oilization of Texas

What is a boomtown?

• The center of banking and real estate. 
• A town that has been destroyed in an oil explosion. 
• A town that grows rapidly after the discovery of oil
• Major cities that grew because of the lack of Oil nearby

What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

• 1866
• 1930
• 1901
• 1914

The Oil boom in Texas created what?

• Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy

• Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

• Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

which materials do we get from oil?

• saddles, boots, hats

• railroads

• cotton, corn, wheat

• gasoline, plastics, synthetic rubber, cosmetics

Oil companies gave money to education and colleges in Texas grew.

• True

• False