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Progressive Era

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Texas government agency regulates the oil and natural gas industry?

a)

Goodnight-Loving Trail

b)

Manor Trail

c)

Austin Trail

d)

Western Trail

2.

Why was Spindletop important in Texas history?

a)

Place oil was first found in Texas

b)

It was a port for immigrants into Texas

c)

It is the southern most place in Texas

d)

It is where the Federal Reserve Bank is in Texas

3.

What were the men who experimented with different ways to find underground oil called?

a)

mad dogs

b)

spitfires

c)

wildcatters

d)

cowboys

4.

How did Buffalo Soldiers shape Texas history?

a)

Africans Americans who fought during the Civil War

b)

Anglo Americans who sided with Mexico

c)

Mexican Americans who sided with Texas

d)

African Americans who guarded the Texas frontier

5.

Texas farms relied on who to grow cotton in Texas

a)

Migrant Workers

b)

Buffalo Soldiers

c)

Vaqueros

d)

Sharecroppers

6.

How did barbed wire impact Texas?

a)

Caused and end to crop decimation

b)

Led to the end of Cattle Drives

c)

Led to the development of railroads

d)

Killed of the buffalo

7.

How did the oil industry shape the development of Odessa?

a)

The town was crushed when oil was discovered in a different area.

b)

The town began a recycling program

c)

The town developed and grew because of oil

d)

The town suffered because of a lack of oil wells

8.

What conflict lead to the U.S. gaining control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines?

a)

World War I

b)

Mexican American War

c)

Plains War

d)

Spanish American War

9.

What was the name of the Progressive Movement focused on ending the consumption of alcohol?

a)

Education

b)

Women's Suffrage

c)

Labor Rights

d)

Temperance

10.

What was the main factor in the growth of urbanization in the early 20th century?

a)

Expansion of industrial jobs

b)

Cheap housing cost

c)

Conflict in rural areas

d)

Development of efficient transportation systems

11.

The Women's Suffrage Movement achieved its goal with which Amendment?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

12.

The Temperance Movement reached it's goal with which Amendment?

a)

16th

b)

17th

c)

18th

d)

19th

13.

What development connected Texas to the national market and made it easier to transport agricultural goods?

a)

Canals

b)

Railroads

c)

Deep Water Ports

d)

Airports

14.

Which of the following was not a major cause of

World War 1?

a)

Embargoes

b)

Militarism

c)

Alliances

d)

Imperialism