Texas - Oil, Progressive Era, WWI

Reports of a major discovery of oil in Texas would have first appeared in what year?

• 1900

• 1901

• 1914

• 1920

In what city were military training camps built during WWI?

• Ft. Worth

• Waco

• Houston

• All of the above

About how many people died in the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?

• 6,000-8,000

• 1,000-2,000

• 2,000-3,000

• 4,000-5,000

In what year did women start voting in the United States?

• 1925

• 1921

• 1920

• 1910

Which reform was part of the Temperance Movement and made the sale and manufacture of alcohol illegal in the United States from 1920-1933?

• Populism

• Woman's suffrage

• Prohibition

• Terrell Election Laws

What did the city of Galveston do to protect from future flooding from hurricanes?

• They did nothing

• Discouraged tourism

• Built a port

• Built a seawall

What changes were made in the workplace during the progressive movement?

• child labor was outlawed

• longer work hours

• less pay

• fewer workers were hired in the factories

The primary goal of the Suffrage Movement was to —

• reform the poor conditions in Texas prisons

• outlaw the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages

• protect the voting rights that had been granted to African Americans

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

The political party that protected the rights of the agricultural workers and wanted to make sure big businesses did not become too powerful was the

• Democratic

• Republican

• Populist

• Independent

Which definition best describes a "boom and bust" cycle?

• A period of great profits followed by a loss of money in an industry

• A period of poor profits followed by a large growth in an industry

• A period of high unemployment followed by a growth period

• A period of growth leading to higher employment