Unit 4: Growth and Development

Increasing the variety of industries in an economy

• urbanization

• diversification

• diveristy

• progressivism

Today in Texas, ____________ is an important part of the state's economy.

• Agribusiness

• Textile Manufacturing

• Media

• Entertainment

Barbed wire and railroads led to-

• The End of the Cattle Drive Era

• The End of the Colonization Era

• The start of the Cattle Drive Era

• The end of the Progressive Era

Cattle trails were created because

• the need for cattle to be branded.

• the need for ranchers to transport their cattle to Northern cities.

• Native American attacks

• None of the above

Petrochemicals are products made from

• oil and natural gas.
• petroleum and wood.
• oil and minerals.
• gas and water.

A reform movement in the early twentieth century that sought to correct social and political problems was called

• abolition
• urbanization
• prohibition
• progressivism

Solutions to the dust bowl include

• Dry Farming

• Terracing

• Strip farming

• All of the above

The North American Free Trade Agreement was designed to...

• remove taxes in general

• add taxes on imports.

• only affect trade between Texas and Mexico.

• increase trade and promote business

The _____ caused an economic boom and created many jobs.

• Timer industry

• Discovery of oil at Spindletop

• End of the Cattle Drives

• None of the above

Boomtowns are

• towns with dynamite explosions from mining gold and silver.

• towns with loud noises the miners made in newly established saloons.

• towns with explosive gushing noises that oil strikes made.

• towns where population grew as a result of the economic booms.