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WorksheetsOil and Age of Reform
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why was the railroad "pooling" bad for consumers?
It increased competition among businesses and shipping cost stayed low.
It made the consumer pay a poll tax
It reduced competition among businesses and shipping cost stayed high.
it caused a threat to boycott all plastic products
The discovery of Spindletop happened in what year?
1906
1901
1925
All of the above
" I am a friend to all farmers. Who am I?"
Jim Hogg
James Brown
Chris Hogg
James Ferguson/ Texas Governor
My name is James Hogg. I created the Hogg Laws to__________!
make sure all pigs have their civil rights
drop tax hikes in urban America
help regulate fair business practices
reduce Co2 gas in the atmosphere
Monopolies are not good for the consumers because ....
they get rid of competition between businesses
the game money always gets lost
the game takes entirely too long to play
get rid of all electricians on the east side of Texas
Spindletop became known as Texas' first (a)
The 19th amendment support what group of people voting?
women
men
boys
girls
Progressivism is......
to change yourself with the help of your peers
to hold yourself accountable when you make mistakes
to change society with the help of the government
to look back and not take responsibility
Why was the populist party created?
formed by farmers to back the subtreasury plan
formed by the oil companies to keep workers in their place
formed by Disney to make sure Mickey Mouse doesn't lie.
formed to party all day and night without their parents
Because of Galveston's hurricane of 1900, it led to ________being established...
NASA
Lamar Jr. High
The Commission Plan
The World Cup
How did the oil boom impact Texas?
many people moved as far away from Texas as they could
Beyonce' and her family moved to Texas because of the oil boom
many people decided to move to Oklahoma because they heard it had more oil than Texas.
it attracted many workers to jobs, pass laws about polution, and provided funding for education
"Somebody just told me that I should look for oil over in Sugarland. I don't want to dig for oil there. I want to dig in Rosenberg. What am I?"
(a)
What is the temperature that oil needs to be heated to in a refinery?
(a)
What is a synonym for oil?
petroleum
gasoline
crude oil
All of the Above
Which group of people were the first ones to discover oil in Texas because sometimes it bubbled out of the ground?
African Americans
Spanish Americans
Greek Americans
Native Americans
What are some good examples of light fractions?
cosmetics
plastics
ink/medicine
All the above
What are some examples of medium fractions?
fries
chips and dip
waxes, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and heating oil.
none of these sound correct
In 1894, some of the earliest oil was struck in_________, TX?
Humble
Pearland
Corsicana
Lubbock
As early as 1898, some trains started running on _______, instead of coal.
water
electricity
wood
oil
