Spindletop & Oil Discovery
The famous Texas oil gusher discovered in 1901.
What is Spindletop?
Cities that rapidly grew due to oil discoveries.
What are boomtowns?
The governor who helped regulate the oil industry and stabilize prices.
Who is Ross Sterling?
The industry that replaced cotton as the dominant economic force in Texas.
What is the oil industry?
A major environmental issue caused by oil drilling.
What is pollution?
The Texas city near where Spindletop was discovered.
What is Beaumont?
A common problem in boomtowns caused by rapid growth.
What is overcrowding or lack of housing?
The Texas businessman who developed the Humble Oil Company.
Who is Ross Sterling?
Oil helped Texas expand this form of transportation.
What are automobiles or highways?
Oil spills and drilling damage this part of nature.
What are ecosystems or habitats?
he type of resource discovered at Spindletop that transformed Texas’s economy.
What is petroleum (oil)?
The type of workers who moved to boomtowns looking for jobs.
Who are oil workers / roughnecks / laborers?
The oil company that eventually became Exxon.
What is Humble Oil Company?
Oil production helped Texas become a leader in this type of manufacturing.
What is petroleum refining?
Burning oil contributes to this environmental issue.
What is air pollution?
The year the Spindletop gusher was discovered.
What is 1901?
A social issue that often occurred in boomtowns.
What is crime, gambling, or poor sanitation?
The organization that helped regulate oil production in Texas.
What is the Texas Railroad Commi
The economic result of oil discoveries in Texas.
What is economic growth and job creation?
Government rules designed to reduce environmental damage.
What are regulations?
The effect Spindletop had on Texas industry and population.
What is it caused an oil boom and rapid economic growth?
What often happened to boomtowns when oil production declined.
What is they declined or became ghost towns?
The role of the Texas Railroad Commission in the oil industry.
What is regulating oil production and controlling supply?
Oil made Texas important to this global resource market.
What is the world energy market?
A modern effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
What are renewable energy sources?