The Oil Boom
The 1900 Hurricane
The Progressive Era
World War I
Famous Figures & Terms
100
This city is where oil was famously "struck" in 1901.
What is Spindletop/Beaumont?
100
This city was devastated by a massive hurricane and storm surge in 1900.
What is Galveston?
100
This movement fought to give women the legal right to vote.
What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
100
Texans supported the war effort at home by doing this with their food and supplies.
What is rationing?
100
A period of rapid economic growth followed by a sharp decline.
What is the boom and bust cycle?
200
Rural Texas cities often became these after oil was discovered in East Texas.
What are Boomtowns?
200
This new form of local government was created to oversee Galveston's restoration.
What is the City Commission?
200
This group worked to improve living conditions for the poor and eliminate government corruption.
Who are the Progressives?
200
This discovery was one of the two main reasons the U.S. entered World War I.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
200
He revolutionized the oil industry with his two-cone rotary drill bit.
Who is Howard Hughes, Sr.?
300
The discovery of this "inexpensive fuel source" led to the expansion of the automobile industry.
What is oil?
300
Following the hurricane, most businesses relocated to this city (which will be labeled 'B' on a Texas map on your test).
What is Houston?
300
This reform movement specifically aimed to unite farmers against large corporations.
What are the Agrarians?
300
Many Texas women contributed to the war effort by working in these.
What are factories?
300
She was a famous Texas suffragette and the state's longest-serving Secretary of State.
Who is Jane McCallum?
400
Oil industrialization attracted these two things to Texas.
What are large-scale investments and skilled laborers?
400
To protect against future storm surges, engineers built this massive structure.
What is the Seawall?
400
This movement focused on improving working conditions and gaining fair wages.
What is Labor Reform?
400
The sinking of this ship was a major cause for the U.S. joining the Great War.
What is the Lusitania?
400
This movement aimed to reduce the influence of big businesses on the government.
What is the Populist Movement?
500
This industry is most responsible for the rapid growth seen in 20th-century Texas census data.
What is the Oil/Petroleum industry?
500
Besides building a wall, engineers also modified the environment by doing this to the city.
What is raising the city's elevation?
500
This was the primary way the goal of women's suffrage was finally achieved.
What is passing the 19th Amendment?
500
Because of mass production during the war, this sector of the U.S. economy increased significantly.
What is manufacturing?
500
This "bond-tearing" spirit was represented by 1,000,000 voters in political cartoons.
What is women's suffrage?