Galveston, Oil Booms and the Reform Era
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- Q1Which came last, the end of the Civil War, the Prohibition or the Discovery of Oil at Spindletop?Same TimeCivil WarSpindletopProhibition30s
- Q2Oil impacted the Texas economy by creating many jobs in the farming and ranching industry...true or false?FalseTrue30s
- Q3What was the economic hub of Texas in 1900?AustinDallasHoustonGalveston30s
- Q4What is the 18th amendment, brought about by pressure from the American Temperance Society?Illegal gamblingWomen's suffrageWomen's votingProhibition30s
- Q5In addition to jobs in the oil fields, the discovery of oil in Texas led to a boom in all types of related ___________________?Industriespetroleumalliancepetrochemicals30s
- Q6What industry was important to Mirabeau Lamar and would receive a large amount of funds from the oil industry?EducationRanchingCottonSlavery30s
- Q7As a result of the Oil Boom, did the local towns become bigger or smaller?tinierdied outbiggersmaller30s
- Q8What is the name of the industry that makes alternative products using oil?Petrochemicalsrubberplasticpetroleum30s
- Q9If rural means "country", then _________ means "city"?Urban30s
- Q10What is the modern industry that is compared to oil because of their "boom and bust" cycle?warpoliticsmedicinereal estate30s
- Q11How did the people of Galveston restructure their government, following the Hurricane of 1900?raised citycity commissionseawall30s
- Q12Who was the first woman elected to Texas State Office?Amie Webb BlantonClara BartonHillary ClintonMs. Arnold30s
- Q13Which Governor was impeached due to mishandling of state funds to UTA?James FergusenBond, James BondBon JoviBruno Mars30s
- Q14In what year were counties able to create their own school districts (reforms).191519261884189330s
- Q15When sharecroppers left the farms, where did they move to?thousand islandBoomtownsranchrural30s