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Age of oil

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When did spindletop occur?
a)
2016
b)
1903
c)
1863
d)
1901
2.
What did the 19th amendment do?
a)
It allowed women to vote
b)
it freed African American men to vote
c)
helped people fall off cliffs 
d)
It allowed all men to vote
3.
What was the leading industry in Texas?
a)
Asians
b)
Agriculure
c)
Sharecropping 
d)
Industriali
4.
Approximately how many women served as nurses in the war?
a)
600
b)
2
c)
934
d)
500
5.
Women joined the work force?
a)
True
b)
False
6.
What was the natural disaster that occurred in Galveston?
a)
Volcano eruption
b)
Tsunami
c)
Hurricane 
d)
Tornado
7.
What color is petroleum?
a)
Clear
b)
White
c)
Brown
d)
Black
8.
What did Howard Hughes Sr. Do?
a)
he developed the rotary drill bit
b)
He discovered petroleum 
c)
He founded spindletop
d)
He helped save the Asians 
9.
Which of these actually occur?
a)
Deep sea oil drilling
b)
Oil drinking
c)
Asian searching
d)
Petroleum races
10.
What is populism?
a)
When you are extremely popular
b)
when you move because you have not benefited from the modern lifestyle 
c)
When you are too tired to function
d)
 When someone attacks you
11.
When was the hurricane of 1900?
a)
1899
b)
19000
c)
1907
d)
Not here
12.
How many Texans fought?
a)
200,000
b)
100
c)
305,985
d)
295
13.
When did the 1931 prohibition?
a)
1992
b)
1931
c)
1918
d)
1391
14.
How many days did it take to cap off spindletop?
a)
b)
9
c)
13
d)
4
15.
Which group helped people?
a)
The restara
b)
Red Cross 
c)
Crazy lions
d)
The 1983 confederacy