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He invented the rotary drill bit that revolutionized the oil industry.
Who is Howard Hughes, Sr.?
In 1900, a powerful hurricane struck this coastal Texas city, killing over 8,000 people.
What is Galveston?
After the Galveston Hurricane, this was built to protect the city from future storms.
What is a seawall?
This is a large amount of oil flowing in a short amount of time.
What is a gusher?
He was Galveston's Chief Weatherman during the 1900 Hurricane.
Who is Isaac Cline?
This political group made up of rural citizens focused on protecting agricultural workers.
Who are the Populists?
After the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, this other Texas city became an important port city.
What is Houston?
This is a place where the population grows very rapidly.
What is a boomtown?
Ending the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol.
What is Prohibition?
His oil monopoly was broken up when oil was discovered in Texas.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This group focused on attempts to solve large social or political problems through government action.
Who are the Progressives?
In 1901, drillers struck an oil gusher on a hill called this.
What is Spindletop?
The name for jobs that don't require much labor.
What are white-collar jobs?
This is the right to vote.
What is suffrage?
The 19th amendment led to this.
What is voting rights for women?
This group fought for their right to vote throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Who are women?
This city became a boomtown after the discovery of oil at Spindletop.
What is Beaumont?
The 18th amendment banned the buying or selling of this product across the United States from 1920 to 1933.
What is alcohol?
When you are not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, you are this.
What is neutral?
The 18th Amendment led to this.
What is Prohibition?
These groups consisted of people who fought against unfair labor practices.
What are labor unions?
This city emerged as a major city in north central Texas in the early 1900s.
What is Dallas?
The sinking of this British passenger ship made the U.S. even more determined to join World War I.
What is the Lusitania?
An action to change something for the better.
What is reform?
The Galveston seawall was built to be this height.
What is 17 feet?