Unit #10 Age of Oil and Progressive Era Exam Review

What movement pushed for women to claim their political rights?

• Labor reform

• Agrarianism

• Women's Suffrage

• Populism

What Texan was a part of several social reform movements (including women's suffrage and prison reform) and later became Texas' longest serving Secretary of State?

• Mary Maverick

• Barbara Jordan

• Elisabet Ney

• Jane McCallum

A period economic growth (wealth, prosperity, jobs) followed by a period of economic decline (poverty and unemployment) is defined as a ______________.

• sharecropping cycle

• boom and bust cycle

• rise and fall cycle

• cycle of debt

What was established to oversee the rebuilding of Galveston after the hurricane?

• Texas Railroad Commission

• OPEC

• a city commission

• a labor union

Which of the following was developed to avoid another disaster like the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?

• Better emergency alert systems

• Weather machines

• Barrier islands

• Better urban drainage systems

How did engineers respond to the massive flooding and storm surge damage from the Galveston Hurricane of 1900?

• They raised the elevation of the island

• The built hurricane shelters

• They told businesses to move inland

• They collected a massive supply of sandbags

Why did Texans ration food and supplies from 1917-1918?

• To stimulate the economy

• To save money and avoid taxes

• To support the war effort during WWI

• To prepare for the apocalypse

An economic BOOM is a period of ____________

• economic growth

• economic decline

• high unemployment

• increased poverty

The petroleum (oil) boom resulted in what sort of migration pattern in Texas?

• Westward migration (people moving west)

• Urbanization (population growth in cities)

• Increased immigration from Europe

• Increased emigration from Texas (people moving to other places)

What was the goal of the Agrarianism movement?

• Improve conditions and wages for blue collar workers

• Bring farmers together to stand up to greedy corporations

• Reduce the political power of big businesses in support of the common people