Urbanization
WWI
Depression/Dust Bowl
New deal WWII
Grab Bag
100
This is the event that was responsible for Texas trade moving from Galveston to Houston
What is the Galveston Hurricane of 1900
100
WWI impacted Texas women this way
What is many women entering the workplace
100
Oil and agricultural products saw their prices go down due to this factor.
What is overproduction
100
-New Military facilities
-More petroleum plants
-Air and Naval Production
-Ammunition plants
What major historical event was responsible for these industries growing in Texas?
What is WWII
100
These are ways in which the damage from the dust bowl affected other states
(Name at least two for points)
1. High Winds
2. Choking dust
3. Crop Failure
4. Death of people and farm animals
5. Migration to Western States
200
The sea wall above was built to do this
What is protect Galveston from hurricanes
200
Dallas became known as a city for this type of worker due to it's high number of jobs that didn't require physical labor
What is a white collar worker
200
The depression hit agriculture in Texas especially hard due to this weather condition
What is severe drought
200
This is the reason many military bases were built in Texas
What is Cheap land and mild climate
200
This economic theory explains how overproduction led to price increases in to 30's
What is the law of supply and demand
300
This state commission had its powers extended to regulating the oil and gas industry in Texas after Spindletop
What is the TRC, Texas Railroad Commission?
300
This treaty that ended WWI would be remembered as a cause of WWII
What is the treaty of Versailles
300
This is how the dust bowl affected Texas' population
What is Texas farmers migrating to California
300
This was a goal and result of New deal programs such as the WPA.
What is creating thousands of jobs building infrastructure
300
These grew in Texas during the age of Oil
What are Urban Areas
400
Innovations like this showed how technological innovation expanded the oil industry in Texas
What is the Hughes rotary drill bit
400
These agreements between countries were a primary cause of WWII
What are treaties and alliances
400
This was a goal and result of New deal programs such as the WPA.
What is the creations of jobs building roads, bridges and other infrastructure.
400
One way in which the C.C.C. (Civilian Conservation Core) helped Texas farmers control erosion was this
What is planting trees and other vegetation
400
New tractors like this had this effect on production and prices
What are rising crop production and lowered prices
500
These sprang up all over Texas after the discovery of oil
What are boomtowns
500
His assassination was the spark that started WWI
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
This can be inferred from the map above
What is, Large parts of Texas and the great plains were subject to dust storms
500
This famous Texan would win every combat medal available.
Who is Audie Murphy
500
Dallas and Houston owe much of their growth to this
What is the expansion of the rail system