Ch 21 Quiz

What is the leading oil- producing state today?

• Texas

• California

• Pennsylvania

• Ohio

Who drilled the first successful oil well in America ever? And where?

• Howard Hughes

• Edwin Drake

• Pennsylvania

• Texas

In the 1800's most oil was turned into a product called ____ for light.

• propane

• kerosene

• lighter fluid

Who drilled the first oil well in TX and where?

• Lyne T Barrett

• Edwin Drake

• Oil Springs

• Houston

A plant to process the oil is a

• boomtown

• refinery

• derrick

• drill rig

"The Age of Oil" lasted 1894-1935 and was launched by striking oil where in TX?

• Houston

• Corsicana

• Galveston

A town called _____ by Beaumont, TX found the most oil

18 million barrels

• Jamestown

• Spindletop

• Houston

After Spindletop's success, Howard Hughes moved to TX and invented what?

• rotary drill bit that could break deep rock

• cranes

• refineries

Towns near oil fields are called

• refineries

• derricks

• rail connections

• boomtowns

T/F: Boomtowns were healthy and flourishing

• T

• F; dirty, lawless

  Rangers sent to keep order