Texas Oil Boom & Bust
what caused prices to drop in the 1930s Texas oil market?
overproduction
What was considered critical to Texas’s economy during the Civil War.
Slavery
What sector declined according to economic data on Texas.
agriculture
Which civil rights leader founded CORE.
James Farmer Jr
What structures helped settlement in West Texas.
forts
Which two years marked a “bust” in Texas’s oil cycle.
1938 and 1955
After the Civil War, many formerly enslaved Texans worked as this.
sharecroppers
New Deal programs provided thousands of Texans with what?
jobs (employment building roads and bridges)
Native American leader is referenced in Texas history
Quanah Parker
What danger did the cowboys face on cattle drives?
Stampedes
What type of businesses lost jobs when the oil industry downsized.
related businesses
Who did Confederate leaders prioritized evacuating these groups before battle.
women and children
Which cities grew because of railroad expansion?
Dallas and Houston
Which organization worked to pass the 19th Amendment.
Texas Equal Suffrage Association
Trails were useful because they connected to this.
railroads
What innovation helped make drilling at Spindletop successful
new drill bit
What happened to Native Americans during Reconstruction.
moved to reservations
Who did the Populist movement aimed to protect?
agricultural workers
What did women do during World War 1
enter the workforce
Which region had no oil wells by the 1920?
westernmost area of Texas or mountains and basins.
What happened in cities like Houston and Dallas due to the oil boom.
population growth (population boom)
Why did the government supported killing buffalo?
controlling Native Americans
Why was Texas resources were important during WWII
supplying the war effort
Historians use timelines to do what?
organize changes over time
What did Galveston built this structure to prevent destruction.
seawall