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Texas People
Vocabulary
Texas Oil
Misc
Misc
100
He helped Texas change from a single-party state to a two-party state, helped US and Russia reach a nuclear weapons agreement
Who is John Tower
100
The assignment of different parts of a manufacturing process or task to different people in order to improve efficiency
What is Division of Labor
100
Created jobs, helped the economy, created fuel
What are positives of the oil industry
100
Lack of housing, lack of jobs, and lack of food. Oil prices dropped because of overproduction
What are negative effects of sudden migration/boomtowns
100
Areas of research and innovations Texas is known for (list three)
What is Cancer/medical research, Space research and refining oil and gas
200
He was known for improvements in medicine, a former heart surgeon and the first to implant a mechanical heart
Who is Micheal DeBakey
200
To save time, money and labor
What is efficient
200
oil spills, the building of thousands of oil derricks, cutting down pine trees, building roads for oil transporting trucks
What are ways that destroyed or altered the landscape of east Texas
200
The Stock Market crashed, October 29th was known as Black Tuesday
What are the causes of the Great Depression
200
A German Texan Cultural Characteristic
What is Oktoberfest
300
He received the most medals of any soldier in the US. He later became an actor and an author.
Who is Audie Murphy
300
Pertaining to a particular race
What is ethnicity
300
People that moved to oil Boomtowns
Who are Boomers
300
The need for jobs and created great competition for the small amount of jobs that were available
What are the effects of the Great Depression
300
"World's Richest Acre"
What is Kilgore, TX
400
He was famous for starting the Texas oil business. He was known as a wildcatter. "The father of the oil industry"
Who is Patillo Higgins
400
Different; a variety
What is diversity
400
A town that had rapid growth due to prosperity/oil industry
What is a Boomtown
400
The growth of cities. When people move from a rural area to an urban area it can cause rapid...
What is Urbanization
400
If a new plant/factory moved to a new city, what would happen to the cities' population
What is increase in population- different people from different backgrounds would move there
500
Known as the "Lark of the Boarder" first to record Tejano music in Texas, received the National medal of Arts
Who is Lydia mendoza
500
A groups way of life
What is culture
500
oil spills, consumes natural resources without replacing them
What are negatives of the oil industry
500
A Tejano cultural characteristic
What is Cinco de Mayo
500
How would industries moving to a big cities in Texas effect the cities
What is increase jobs and the population would grow