Newspaper Week 26 Quiz

• Oil was discovered at Spindletop.

• Silver was discovered at Spindletop.

• Factories began using coal to run machines.

• A new process for mining gold was invented.

• Bessie Coleman

• Michael DeBakey

• Pattillo Higgins

• Audie Murphy

• Texas started importing oil.

• Lots of new jobs were created.

• The economy in Texas crashed.

• Many Texans moved to other states.

Match the individual to their accomplishment

• Invented the most successful form of barbed wire

• Gail Borden

• Invented the heart pump

• Millie Hughes-Fulford

• Flew aboard a NASA space shuttle mission in 1991

• Joseph Glidden

• Devised a process for condensing milk

• Michael DeBakey

• Farmers lost their farms to the banks.

• Livestock stayed on farmers' property.

• Crops died because water was blocked.

• Riding across property lines became easier.

• Gail Borden

• Michael DeBakey

• Joseph Glidden

• Millie Hughes-Fulford

• Developments in agriculture

• Developments in economics

• Developments in transportation

• Developments in communication

• Texas rivers were polluted.

• Roads in Texas were not well-made.

• Steamboats could be used year-round.

• The population decreased in the late 1800s.

Which of the following were developments in communication?

• Telegraph

• Barbed Wire

• Space Travel

• Railroad system

Which of the following men was directly involved in the oil boom?

• Millie Hughes-Fulford

• Anthony Lucas

• Gail Glidden

• Samuel Morse