Oil Boom

Oil Boom

4th Grade

10 Qs

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Oil Boom

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Social Studies

4th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Near which city was oil discovered in 1898?

Beaumont

Galveston

Corsicana

Houston

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant event marked the beginning of the Age of Oil in Texas?

The construction of the Houston Ship Channel.

The discovery of oil at Spindletop near Beaumont in 1901.

The Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

The founding of the Texas Oil Company (Texaco).

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Patillo Higgins partnered with this salt miner to drill into the earth to find oil at Spindletop.

William Clark

Anthony F. Lucas

David G. Burnet

Richard King

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

After drilling over _______ ft., the Lucas gusher took to the sky at Spindletop.

9000

1100

2000

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many millions of oil did Spindletop produce in the year after oil was discovered there?

17

19

20

13

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

True or False: Oil gushed from the well at Spindletop for 9 days.

True

False

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This industry grew as a result of the oil boom due to demand of building oil pumps and derricks.

sheep

lumber

railroad

real estate

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