Oil
What is an oil gusher?
What does suffrage mean in terms of progressive movement?
the right to vote
What countries were the allied powers
United States, France, Britain, Russia
What happened to Galveston in 1900?
A massive hurricane hit the city
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression
Hoover
Where is most of the oil in Texas drilled at
what did prohibition do?
ban alcohol
What countries were the Central Powers
Germany and Austria-Hungary
How did Galveston rebuild after the hurricane?
they built a massive seawall
What was the Great Depression
Economic hardship during the 1930s
Where was the first oil gusher discovered in Texas?
Spindletop
What did the 19th amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
what started ww1 in Europe
The assassination of arch duke Ferdinand
What war was in the late 1800s/ earl 1900s?
Spanish American War
What was the Dust Bowl
Drought led to dust storms that affected lots of farmers
What city became the center for oil production in Texas?
Houston
Who was one of the last groups to get the right to vote?
Women
What made the US join the war
the Zimmerman note and the sinking of the Lusitania
How did improvements in tractors and other supplies help farmers?
It made farming more efficient
What president made the New Deal
Franklin Roosevelt
What invention did Howard Hughes create?
rotary drill bit
During WW1 women did a lot on the home front what was a result of this
Women won the right to vote
What did women do during ww1?
They worked in factories and nurses
What was the New Deal
FDR's plan to help the Great Depression