Age of Oil
These towns popped up around oil fields and grew very rapidly.
What are boomtowns?
This group of workers, often romanticized in popular culture, was responsible for herding cattle on long drives.
Who are cowboys?
This cash crop was used to make clothes.
What is cotton?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment?
This word means 'change for the better.'
What is reform?
The boom and bust cycle in Texas oil towns was caused by these two economic factors.
What are supply and demand?
These buildings made it possible to supply water to areas with no rivers or lakes.
What are windmills?
What is sharecropping?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
This word means 'rapid growth of an industry.'
What is a 'boom'?
The oil industry also boomed during this major global conflict.
What is World War 1?
This invention ended the open range by fencing in animals and crops.
What is barbed wire?
This helped the cotton industry to grow by transporting crops out of Texas.
What are railroads?
This amendment gave African-American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th amendment?
This word means 'How much people want?'
What is demand?
The oil boom also led to an increased demand for this type of transportation.
What are railroads?
This invention made it possible to help transport beef from Texas to the North.
What are refrigerated railroads?
This bug devastated cotton farmers by eating the cotton.
What are boll weevils?
This amendment gave African-Americans equal protection and rights.
What is the 14th amendment?
This word means 'What you have.'
What is supply?
The discovery of oil at this Texas site started the state's first major oil boom.
What is Spindletop?
The "Big Die-Up" of the 1880s was a natural disaster that killed thousands of cattle.
What is a harsh winter?
Too much cotton caused the prices to drop because of this economic factor.
What is supply?
This amendment banned the sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment?
This word means the 'furthest edge of a settlement.'
What is a frontier?