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Oil and Age of Reform

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was the railroad "pooling" bad for consumers?

a)

It increased competition among businesses and shipping cost stayed low.

b)

It made the consumer pay a poll tax

c)

It reduced competition among businesses and shipping cost stayed high.

d)

it caused a threat to boycott all plastic products

2.

The discovery of Spindletop happened in what year?

a)

1906

b)

1901

c)

1925

d)

All of the above

3.

" I am a friend to all farmers. Who am I?"

a)

Jim Hogg

b)

James Brown

c)

Chris Hogg

d)

James Ferguson/ Texas Governor

4.

My name is James Hogg. I created the Hogg Laws to__________!

a)

make sure all pigs have their civil rights

b)

drop tax hikes in urban America

c)

help regulate fair business practices

d)

reduce Co2 gas in the atmosphere

5.

Monopolies are not good for the consumers because ....

a)

they get rid of competition between businesses

b)

the game money always gets lost

c)

the game takes entirely too long to play

d)

get rid of all electricians on the east side of Texas

6.

Spindletop became known as Texas' first (a)  

7.

The 19th amendment support what group of people voting?

a)

women

b)

men

c)

boys

d)

girls

8.

Progressivism is......

a)

to change yourself with the help of your peers

b)

to hold yourself accountable when you make mistakes

c)

to change society with the help of the government

d)

to look back and not take responsibility

9.

Why was the populist party created?

a)

formed by farmers to back the subtreasury plan

b)

formed by the oil companies to keep workers in their place

c)

formed by Disney to make sure Mickey Mouse doesn't lie.

d)

formed to party all day and night without their parents

10.

Because of Galveston's hurricane of 1900, it led to ________being established...

a)

NASA

b)

Lamar Jr. High

c)

The Commission Plan

d)

The World Cup

11.

How did the oil boom impact Texas?

a)

many people moved as far away from Texas as they could

b)

Beyonce' and her family moved to Texas because of the oil boom

c)

many people decided to move to Oklahoma because they heard it had more oil than Texas.

d)

it attracted many workers to jobs, pass laws about polution, and provided funding for education

12.

"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)  

13.

What is the temperature that oil needs to be heated to in a refinery?

(a)  

14.

What is a synonym for oil?

a)

petroleum

b)

gasoline

c)

crude oil

d)

All of the Above

15.

Which group of people were the first ones to discover oil in Texas because sometimes it bubbled out of the ground?

a)

African Americans

b)

Spanish Americans

c)

Greek Americans

d)

Native Americans

16.

What are some good examples of light fractions?

a)

cosmetics

b)

plastics

c)

ink/medicine

d)

All the above

17.

What are some examples of medium fractions?

a)

fries

b)

chips and dip

c)

waxes, gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, and heating oil.

d)

none of these sound correct

18.

In 1894, some of the earliest oil was struck in_________, TX?

a)

Humble

b)

Pearland

c)

Corsicana

d)

Lubbock

19.

As early as 1898, some trains started running on _______, instead of coal.

a)

water

b)

electricity

c)

wood

d)

oil