The Texas Oil and Gas Industry

How has the oil and gas industry been important in making Texas grow and change?

• By contributing to economic growth and job creation

• By causing environmental issues

• By reducing the state's reliance on agriculture

• By increasing the population density

Why did the number of new factories and buildings increase?

• People found oil at Spindletop

• More factories and buildings were being constructed

• It helped Texas become a state

• To create more jobs

Oil was ​ (a)   resource needed by people around the world.

• natural
• needed
• better
• industrial

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

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Who was very important in developing the oil industry in Texas?

• Pattillo Higgins

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

• Henry Ford

Pattillo Higgins believed oil would be found under a ______ dome at a place called Spindletop Hill.

• salt

• sand

• clay

• rock

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

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What did other geologists do regarding the idea of finding oil along the Gulf Coast?

• Supported

• Dismissed

• Ignored

• Promoted

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

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CCSS.RL.4.2

Fill in the blank: _______ is when a society changes from mostly farming to using more machines in factories.

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

• Globalization

• Agricultural Revolution

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Fill in the blank: The oil and gas industry helped make new places such as refineries and _______ plants.

• Petrochemical

• Nuclear

• Hydroelectric

• Solar

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CCSS.RI.4.2

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Fill in the blank: Manufacturing and transportation also got _______ because of oil and gas.

• Better

• Worse

• Slower

• Expensive

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What is urbanization?