Spindletop

Complete this sentence...

During the ________ a terrible drought struck

• 2000's

• 1950's

• 1930's

• 1800's

A series of dust storms is known as a _______ __________

• Dust Bowl

• Dust Up

• Bas Weather

• Rain Cloud

The worst Dust Storm ever recorded was referred to as Black _______

• Monday

• Thursday

• Tuesday

• Sunday

Before Spindletop, Texas was considered an

• Industrial state

• agricultural state

• technological state

Before scientists figured out how to turn crude oil into gas, railroads used what resource to power their trains?

• Crude oil

• Coal

• Wood

• Salt mixture

Beaumont, Texas became a __________ town after the oil discovery at Spindletop?

• Boom

• Bust

• Agricultural

• Cattle

At the height of the oil boom at Spindletop, Lucal #1 produced more oil

• than all of Texas

• than all of the US

• than all of the world

• than all of the nation

Beaumont, Texas grew from a population of 10,000 to over 50,000 in a few

• days

• months

• years

• decades

After oil discovery at Spindletop,

• the US became the largest oil producer in the world.

• Texas invented barbed wire to keep prospectors off their land

• The cotton business picked up in production

• More cattle drives were formed.

What year was the huge oil discovery at Spindletop?

• 1901
• 1876
• 1920
• 1904