Age of Oil and Progressive Era Review

The first big oil find in Texas, setting off the oil boom, was found at Spindletop in ______?

• 1865

• 1931

• 1920

• 1901

Which of the following describes impacts of the Galveston Hurricane?

• Galveston never fully recovered and many businesses moved to Houston

• Galveston restructured their government

• Galveston modified their city by building a seawall and raising the level of the city

• All of the above are true.

As a result of the Galveston Hurricane, Galveston built the _______.

• Galveston Hurricane Alert Center

• Galveston Citizens Center

• Galveston Seawall

• Galveston Visitors Center

Approximately, how many Texans were sent off to fight in World War 1?

• 2,000

• 2,000,000

• 5,000,000

• 200,000

Identify the correct grouping of Central Powers in WWI.

• Germany, US, China

• Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire

• US, France, Great Britain

Two precipitating factors that pushed the United States into WWI were:

• Sinking of Lusitania and bombing of Germany

• Bombing of Austria and assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

• Sinking of Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegram

• Bombing of Japan and England

The Zimmerman Telegram was a coded message from:

• Hitler to Stalin

• Great Britain to Germany

• Germany to Mexico

• Mexico to the US

Which of the following was not a Progressive Era issue?

• Temperance

• Discrimination

• Voting rights

• Tax reform

Temperance Movement =

• Women's Rights

• Alcohol

Suffrage Movement =

• Women's Rights

• Alcohol