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Unit 9: age of oil review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What nickname was given to towns that were created quickly due to the rush of people towards successful oil fields in Texas?
a)
"boom towns"
b)
"ghost towns"
c)
"oil towns"
d)
"rail towns"
2.

In what year did oil drillers discover the first major oil field in Texas?

a)

1901

b)

1836

c)

1865

d)

1918

3.

Where was the first major Oil discovery in Texas?

a)

Spindle top

b)

Dallas

c)

Permian Basin

d)

East Texas

4.

A town that grows rapidly because of the discovery of oil is called a what?

a)

Busttown

b)

Boomtown

c)

Cooltown

d)

Whatevertown

5.

Which governor supported the creation of the Texas Railroad Comission

a)

Rick Perry

b)

Francis Lubbock

c)

George W. Bush

d)

James Hogg

6.

________ is a law banning the sale of alcohol

a)

prohibition

b)

interhibtion

c)

intermission

d)

alcoholization

7.
Who created the rotary drill bit and influenced the Petroleum (Oil) Industry?
a)
James Hogg
b)
Women of World War I
c)
Howard Hughes Sr.
d)
LULAC
8.
How did women help during World War I in Texas?
a)
Women joined the infantry
b)
Women joined the workforce
c)
Buy bonds to support the war
d)
Women were paid equal as a men
9.
Which amendment granted women suffrage?
a)
21
b)
15
c)
18
d)
19
10.
Which amendment enacted prohibition?
a)
14
b)
15
c)
18
d)
19
11.

A social or political movement that aims to represent the interest of the people through reform and support of government actions-

a)

Oil Industry

b)

Boom/Bust Economy

c)

Suffrage

d)

Progressivism

12.

The shift from agricultural based economy to an economy based on manufacturing-

a)

oil industry

b)

urbanization

c)

commission

d)

industrialization

13.

The image represents-

a)

urbunazation

b)

seawall

c)

blockade

d)

monopoly

14.

the image represents-

a)

suffrage

b)

temperance

c)

prohibition

d)

progressivism

15.

The city of _________was hit by a _________in ___?

a)

Houston/earthquake/1900

b)

Galveston/hurricane/1900

c)

Galveston/hurricane/1800

d)

Galveston/tornado/1900

16.

Gaining almost total control of an industry is called:

a)

A Monopoly

b)

Vertical Integration

c)

Horizontal Integration

d)

A Dividend

17.
What was the name of the British passenger ship that was sank by the Germans?
a)
The Titanic
b)
The Carnival Cruise Ship
c)
Lusitania
d)
The World Ship
18.
British steamship that was torpedoed and sank by German submarines; more than 100 U.S. citizen died.
a)
Lusitania
b)
Titanic
c)
May Flower 
19.
Restricting the amount of food and other goods people may buy during wartime to assure adequate supplies for the military
a)
Armistice
b)
Lusitania
c)
Nationalism
d)
Rationing
20.
A secret telegram from Germany to Mexico was the:
a)
Tooleriod Telegram
b)
Zimmerman Telegram
c)
Lusitania Telegram
21.
What was the purpose of the Zimmerman Telegram?
a)
Germany wanted Mexico to join the war and fight against the US.
b)
Germany wanted Mexico to stay out of the war.
22.
Who was president during WWI?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Donald Trump
23.

An economic cycle in which high demand leads to high output, which results in falling prices and hard times.

a)

Boom-and-Bust-Cycle

b)

Natural Gas

c)

Boomtown

d)

Wildcatter

24.

A town that experiences sudden growth in population and business.

a)

Boomtown

b)

Refinery

c)

Derrick

d)

Reserve

25.
What is the definition of Reform:
a)
To re-mold and form something.
b)
To get help from the President.
c)
to make changes in something in order to improve it.
d)
When the president does not follow the orders of the cabinet so he is placed before the Senate. 
26.
Place the events in order:A. First World War beginsB. Women Suffrage amendmentC. Hurricane of GalvestonD. Prohibition Ends
a)
C,A,B,D
b)
D,A,B,C
c)
A,B,C,D
d)
C,A,D,B