Oil
This major oil discovery was near Beaumont, TX in the early 1900s.
What is the Spindletop?
This natural disaster struck Galveston in 1900.
What is a hurricane?
Ladies in the early 1900s wanted to be able to do this.
What is vote?
The first World War began in this year.
When is 1914?
To ban something, generally refers to the movement to ban the manufacture, sale, transportation and use of alcoholic beverages.
What is prohibition?
What is 1901?
This was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history.
What is the 1900 Galveston hurricane.
This vocabulary word means "the right to vote."
What is suffrage?
Texas contributed these to the war effort during the first World War.
What are soldier, sailors and resources?
Prohibition began in this year.
What is 1920?
This major Texas city developed as a result of the oil boom in Texas and the 1900 hurricane that destroyed nearby Galveston.
What is Houston?
This invention affected the agricultural industry in Texas because crops were produced in greater amounts eventually supplying more that was demanded causing a drop in prices.
What is the automobile? (car)
This U.S. Constitution amendment granted females the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment?
World War 1 had a large impact on this part of the economy of Texas.
What is agriculture?
This amendment started prohibition.
What was the 18th amendment?
This is a thick, oily substance found deep in the earth that is used as fuel.
What is petroleum?
Many people moved to this nearby city after the Galveston hurricane in 1900.
What is Houston?
The 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified this year.
The first World War changed the lives of many women as they entered this.
What is the workforce?
Organized crime did this during prohibition.
What is increased?
This industry was affected by the contributions of Howard Hughes Senior.
What is petroleum? (oil)
Construction projects to protect Texas land from hurricanes were built in this year.
What is 1903?
This was the primary goal of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association.
What is the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
In Fort Worth, Texas there is a road named Camp Bowie that is named after this place.
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment and ended prohibition.
What is the 21st amendment?