Age of Oil in Texas

The Great Storm of 1900 hit what major Texas port on September 8, 1900?

• Houston

• Port Aransas

• Galveston

• Corpus Christi

Who was known for striking oil in Beaumont, TX?

• Anthony Lucas

• Isaac Cline

• Patillo Higgins

• Howard Hughes, Sr.

What was the beginning of the Oil Boom?

• Wildcatters

• Boomtown

• Spindletop Hill

• Valero Hill

A person who drills in hopes of finding oil are known as_______________.

• Roughnecks

• Wildcatters

• Trustees

Dark, thick liquid fossil fuel that can be refined to create gasoline and other fuels.

• Methane

• Petrolium

• Kerosene

• Propane

____________________ move oil from the oil fields to refineries.

• Railroads

• Pipelines

• Barrels

Fast growing town created out of economic prosperity.

• Wildcatter

• Boomtown

• Rigs

• Refinery

Automobile mass production began in ______________.

• 1920

• 1900

• 1913

• 1895

What was the biggest effect of the oil boom in Texas?

• Urbanization

• New Technologies

• Economy Growth

• All are correct

____________ was created in 1916 to build & maintain roadways.

• Transportation Department

• Texas Highway Department

• Texas Railroad Commission

• Progressive Movement