TX24 - Preview Age of Oil and Progressive Era

Put each of these events in the correct CHRONOLOGICAL order.

• 1821

  Stephen F. Austin begins colonizing Texas

• 1876

  Texans write a new state constitution

• 1861

  Texas joins "the Confederacy"

• 1845

  Texas is annexed into the U.S.

• 1836

  Texas wins independence from Mexico

During most of the 1800s, the economy of Texas was centered around which TWO [2] agricultural activities?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

• digging for gold

• fishing

• farming cotton

• raising cattle

• harvesting wheat

In the 1800s, the most successful economic activities involved growing cotton and raising cattle.

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1 - Predict what "industry" will be the next economic BOOM for Texas and 2 - explain your answer.

READ THE PASSAGE PROVIDED

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According to this short passage, what political party was created to address the financial issues that farmers were experiencing in the 1890s?

• the Republican Party

• the Populist Party

• the Independent Party

• the Green Party

Which area of the map was known as the "Mexican Cession"?

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• Hint: this area is a large section of land that the U.S. took from Mexico after winning the Mexican-American War in 1848

Where is the GULF OF MEXICO on this map?

In the dry areas of the West Texas plains, many ​ (a)   of the late 1800s used ​ (b)   to pump water from underground sources so that they could irrigate their ​ (c)   . One negative consequence of this activity was that some of the natural ​ (d)   dried up and could no longer produce water.

• windmills
• aquifers
• farmers
• crops

What would be a good title for this short passage?

• "How to Prepare for Earthquakes"

• "Natural Disasters"

• "Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires"

• "People's Impact on the World"

By 1900, ​ (a)   had emerged as the major city in north central Texas. Because of its excellent ​ (b)   transportation system, the city had become a center for "white-collar" jobs - ones that don't require much ​ (c)   . These can include jobs in businesses, manufacturing, banking, insurance, and legal services. The ​ (d)   of the city grew rapidly, doubling in size from 1900 to 1910.

• railroad
• labor
• population
• Dallas

Match the following definitions with the correct vocabulary terms.

• petroleum

• processing raw materials into manufactured goods

• irrigation

• supplying water to crops in order to help them grow

• suffrage

• the right to vote, finally given to American women in 1920

• industry

• a tropical storm with damaging winds

• hurricane

• liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, commonly known as "oil"