Texas Gold

What is the vocabulary word for natural oil?

What is the vocabulary word for a factory that cleans and processes oil into products such as gasoline or kerosene?

Why did Pattillo Higgins buy part of Spindletop Hill?

• He wanted to mine the salt

• He needed clay for brickmaking

• He thought he would find oil there

• He thought it would make a good ranch

Who was hired by Pattillo Higgins to drill for oil?

• Sam Houston

• Anthony F. Lucas

• Walter Chrysler

• Pattillo Higgins

Why did thousands of people move to Beaumont in the early 1900s?

• Many people wanted to live in the largest city on the Gulf Coast

• Many people wanted to get in the shipping business

• Many people wanted to build railroads

• Many people wanted to drill for oil

Which innovation had the largest impact on farmers in Texas?

• Gas-powered machines

• Coal-powered engines

• Electric Street lights

• plastic containers

Which of the following products is made from oil?

• Plastic

• Paint

• Lip balm

• all of the above

What were many refineries built along the Gulf Coast of Texas?

• People wanted to drill near railroads junctions

• oil could be shipped overseas

• land there was less expensive

• oil was only found close to the water

The growth of the oil and gas industry in Texas led to

• Problems with cattle ranchers

• a housing boom in rural areas

• more factories in the state

• new uses for coal

Most natural gas pipelines led to

• cities

• factories

• countryside

• farms