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Growth of urban areas
1. What is a characteristic of Texas during the Age of Oil.
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Hurricane devastates Galveston First World War Begins Women’s suffrage amendment introduced Prohibition ends
2. Place these in order:
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1901
3. What year did Spindletop happen?
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Boomtowns sprang up all over the state
4. How did the physical landscape of rural Texas change after the discovery of oil?
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The Texas Railroad Commission was established to regulate and control oil prices.
5. How did the Texas state government change to address the growth of the oil industry?
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Crops were produced in greater amounts eventually supplying more than was demanded causing a drop in prices.
6. How did tractors affect the agricultural industry in Texas?
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A period of great profits followed by a downward trend in an industry
7. Describe the “Boom and Bust Cycle”?
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protect agricultural workers
8. What did the Populist movement want to reform?
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James Hogg
9. Which Texan was elected governor with the support of groups like the Texas Farmers Union, Farmer’s Alliance, and the Grange?
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win ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
10. What was the primary goal of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association?
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Support the rights of Spanish-speaking people
11. What was the goal of the League of United Latin American Citizens?
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Many women entered the workforce.
12. How did the First World War change the lives of women in Texas?
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former military post set up during the First World War
13. What would the street “Camp Bowie” in Fort Worth be named after?
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Oil and gas
14. Most geographic areas of Texas have ________ deposits.
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Seawall to protect from flooding by hurricanes
15. What was constructed in Galveston, Texas in 1903?
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Major industries in Galveston moved inland to Houston.
16. How did the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 alter the economic development of Texas?
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The population of cities expanded rapidly.
17. How did rapid industrial expansion change the distribution of population within Texas during the early 20th century?
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urban centers such as Dallas and Houston
18. The expansion of the railroad system throughout Texas in the early 20th century resulted in the growth of ……
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service-related fields
19. What is Urbanization of Texas resulted in an increase in jobs in the….
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Petroleum
20. What industry did Howard Hughes, Sr. influence?
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