Black Gold
Prejudice
Wars
Progressives
Places
100
Person who drilled the first oil well in Texas a few miles east of Nacogdoches
Who is Lyne T. Barret?
100
Many African American Texans were kept from voting in the early 1900s by this.
What is a poll tax?
100
President Wilson’s response to the raid on Columbus, New Mexico, was to order General Pershing to pursue this man into Mexico.
Who is Pancho Villa?
100
These are people concerned with replacing renewable resources such as trees or soil.
What are conservationists?
100
Wings, a silent movie set during WWI and the first film to win an Academy Award for best picture, was filmed here
What is San Antonio?
200
Marked the beginning of the oil boom in Texas
What is a gusher at Spindletop?
200
This organization was created to work for equality for African Americans.
What is the NAACP?
200
German submarines sinking ships carrying American passengers caused this
What is President Wilson's declaration of war?
200
This was a women's group who worked for a law to prohibit alcoholic beverages.
What is the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
200
This was constructed because Buffalo Bayou was not deep enough to handle modern ships.
What is the Houston Ship Channel?
300
This is a tower that holds drilling equipment.
What is a derrick?
300
These were mutual-aid societies that helped Mexican Americans.
What are mutualistas?
300
The largest flight training school in the world was called this
What is Camp Kelly?
300
These are people who supported the women’s right to vote.
What are suffragists?
300
The major city in central Texas in 1900 was this.
What is Dallas?
400
These were places where population and prosperity soar as a result of the discovery of oil.
What are boomtowns?
400
These were local laws that discriminated against African Americans.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
400
During World War I, some schools discontinued German classes because many people had these.
What are anti-German feelings?
400
He was an African American who started the Texas Freeman, a newspaper intended to address civil rights issues.
Who is Charles N. Love?
400
This was built in Galveston after 1900 to protect the city from future hurricanes.
What is a seawall?
500
This is someone who drills oil in an area not known to have oil.
What is a wildcatter?
500
This is the process of separating or setting apart from the general population.
What is segregation?
500
These were certificates that citizens purchased to support the war effort.
What are Liberty or Victory Bonds?
500
This Amendment to the US constitution barred the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcohol.
What is the 18th?
500
The motto of this city was “Where 17 Railroads Meet the Sea.”
What is Houston?
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