20th Century Texas

During the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt based his campaign on what “deal”?

• Great Depression Deal

• Old Agreement Deal

• New Deal

• Great Compromise

What is the name of the economic crisis that started with the crash of the stock market?

• Stock Market Depression

• The Big Sadness

• The Bad Economic Era

• The Great Depression

At the same time as the Great Depression, the _______ blew dry dirt across the US and killed crops.

• The Dust Bowl

• Locus Invasion of 1930

• The Clone Wars

• The Great Sand Dune

Who was the president during the Great Depression?

• John F. Kennedy

• Bill Clinton

• John Edgar Hoover

• George W. Bush

What is urbanization?

• growth of cities

• shrinking of cities

• growth of small towns

• shrinking of small towns

What is the name of raw oil found underground?

• Gasoline

• Kerosene

• Petroleum

• Naturelene

What is the name of the hill that Pattillo Higgins found oil at?

• Beaumont Hill

• Oil City Hill

• Texastop

• Spindletop

The oil boom provided a sudden increase in ___.

• Housing

• Jobs

• churches

• Banks

Who is the real estate developer that thought there was oil to be found near Beaumont, TX?

• Anthony Lucas

• Pattillo Higgins

• Quanah Parker

• Sylvester Shell

What do you call a town that grows rapidly or has a population growth?

• City

• State

• Explosion town

• Boom town