Oil Boom In Texas Quiz

The fact that the growth of the oil industry caused new businesses to be founded and created lots of new jobs is what type of effect?

• Economic

• Political

• Social

• Environmental

What natural disaster occurred in the year 1900 in Galveston?

• Galveston Hurricane
• Hurricane Katrina
• Hurricane Ike
• Issac's Storm

What caused rural Texas towns to become boomtowns?

• discovery of oil
• discovery of railroads
• cattle industry
• Windmills

Which word means: A period of great profits followed by downward trend in an industry.

• Industrialization
• Urbanization
• Boom and Bust Cycle

The discovery of oil and the growth of railroads led to??

• The destabilization of Texas
• World War 1
• The urbanization of Texas.
• The oilization of Texas

What is a boomtown?

• The center of banking and real estate. 
• A town that has been destroyed in an oil explosion. 
• A town that grows rapidly after the discovery of oil
• Major cities that grew because of the lack of Oil nearby

What year was oil discovered at Spindletop?

• 1866
• 1930
• 1901
• 1914

The Oil boom in Texas created what?

• Jobs, higher incomes, a Good Economy

• Tenant Farming, Sharecropping

• Poor Economy and Loss of Jobs

which materials do we get from oil?

• saddles, boots, hats

• railroads

• cotton, corn, wheat

• gasoline, plastics, synthetic rubber, cosmetics

Why was oil called "black gold"?

• Oil was very valuable like gold is.

• Oil is the same color as gold.

• Oil is the same material as gold.

• Oil is the same thing as gold.