In this year, the first war of its kind broke out.
What is 1914?
100
This is the nickname for petroleum
What is "black gold"?
100
This name refers to the economic d-o-w-n-turn in the 1930's. Many people lost their jobs and their savings.
What is the Great Depression?
100
These two inventions helped with basic housework.
What are the vacuum cleaner and the refrigerator?
100
This woman was the first female governor of Texas.
Who is Miriam "Ma" Ferguson?
200
This year brought an end to World War II.
What is 1945?
200
The first oil well was discovered on a hill near this Texas city.
What is Beaumont?
200
This practice kept blacks and whites separate before the Civil Rights Act was put into place.
What is segregation?
200
This invention introduced between 1900 and 1914 helped farmers move their crops to market more quickly, and allowed people to move more freely.
What is the automobile?
200
This U.S. president crafted the New Deal to help people suffering during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
In World War 2, the Axis Powers included an alliance of German-Italy-Japan. The Allied Powers included an alliance of Great Britain-France-Soviet Union. The United States entered the war on this side.
What are the Allied Forces?
300
This word refers to a hill where the first oil well was discovered.
What is Spindletop?
300
This refers to the exchange of information between two people, countries, businesses, or parties.
What is COMMUNICATION?
300
This law made it illegal to treat others unfairly. It paved the way for a variety of races, religions, and other differences to have opportunities for education and jobs.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
300
This U.S. President was from Denison, Texas, near Dallas! He commanded the Allied Troops in Europe.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
This type of peculiar-looking helmet with a funny-sounding name was worn by soldiers in WWI.
What is a "doughboy"?
400
This is the word for an oil well the bursts from the ground.
What is a gusher?
400
This word refers to a newly-created product.
What is an INVENTION?
400
This nickname refers to the rapid growth of a city due to the discovery of oil.
What is a Boomtown?
400
This U.S. president passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
500
These countries won World War I.
These countries won World War II.
What are the Allied Forces?
500
The most important oil-refining center in the United States is in this city?
What is Houston?
500
This word refers to the unfair difference in the treatment of people, usually based on skin color/race, religion, gender, or national origin.
What is discrimination?
500
This funny word refers to the right to vote for women.
What is suffrage?
500
This Texas man was an African-American composer of popular music during the Roaring Twenties.