Past is Past
Cause and Effect
Spindle It
Progress Made
The Great War
100

The shipwrecked, stranded, and starving conquistador Cabeza de Vaca did not let disaster stop him from being the first to --

A. write stories about the land that became Texas


B. colonize the land that became Texas. 


C. create maps of the land that became Texas. 


D. find gold in the land that became Texas. 


What is A.



100

Spindletop caused the start of this industry

A. Cotton Industry

b. Real Estate Industry

C. Temperance Industry

D. Petroleum Industry

What is D petroleum industry?


100

When did an economic boom result from the FIRST discovery of oil in Texas

a. Middle 1800s

b. Early 1800s

c. Middle 1900s

d. Early 1900s

What is D 1901?


100

The substance being emptied from the barrel in the prohibition era is...


a. oil

b. water

c. alcohol

d. soap


What is banning alcohol in the prohibition era?


100

Which invention did NOT appear during World War 

a. airplanes

b. internet

c. tanks

d. poison gas


What is b internet?

200

Puebloan Indian Tribes and Southeastern Indian tribes were similar in that they were both -

a. sedentary

b. nomadic

c. farmers

d. fisherman 


What is sedentary?


200

The Germans asked Mexico to invade Texas through the Zimmerman telegram, this was what Germany promising in return if Mexico did start a war with USA?


a. Northwestern part of the United States

b. Southwestern part of the United States

c. Central part of the United States

d. Northcentral part of the United States

What is B Southwestern?

200

Also called Lucas field, this is where more than 3x the amount of oil was discovered in the entire world

a. Temperance

c. Hines

c. Spindletop

d. Progressive


What is C Spindletop?


200

This person said,

 "We were told . . . to go to work and raise a big crop, that was all we needed. We went to work and plowed and planted; the rains fell, the sun shone, nature smiled, and we raised the big crop that they told us to; and what came of it? Eight cent corn, ten cent oats, two cent beef and no price at all for butter and eggs—that’s what came of it. Then the politicians said that we suffered from over-production."

 —Anonymous farmer,

a. Progressive from the Populist Party

b. Progressive from the Woman Suffrage Movement

c. Progressive from the Temperance Movement Movement

d. Progressive from the Child Labor Reform

What is A Populist Party?

200

Fill in the blanks:

USA tried to remain ____________ but ended up joining the side of the ____________________.

a. Neutral; Central Powers 

b. Neutral; Allied Powers

c. Central Powers; Allied Powers

d. Allied Powers; Neutral

What is B Neutral; Allied Powers?


300

Describe what William B Travis' Victory or Death letter was asking for

What is help, reinforcements, aid?


300

Describe one way Galveston made modifications after the Hurricane of 1900


What is a seawall and raised the height of the city?


300

Describe the Boom and Bust cycle 


A period of great profits followed by a downward trend in an industry

300

Name the most important part about the Progressive Movement (what a lot of people were fighting for)



What is woman suffrage?


300

Describe how Texas women contributed to WWI


What is entering the workforce as nurses, telegraph assistants, drivers, factory workers?

400

Date of Texas Annexation


What is 1845?


400

Houston, Beaumont and Midland are all common because the discovery of oil caused a growth in...

What is population, boomtowns?


400

Fill in the blank:

Almost sounds like urbanization, the discovery of oil led to rapid _______________________. 

What is industrialization?


400

 

Name the Texan was elected governor with the support of groups like the Texas Farmer's Union, Farmer's Alliance, and the Grange to fight against railroad monopolies

Who is James Hogg?

400

Texas contributed economically $$ to WWI by...


What is buying war bonds, rationing food?

500

Name all three battles from the Civil War that occurred in Texas


What is Battle of Galveston, Battle of Sabine Pass, Battle of Palmito Ranch ?


500

Rebuilding Galveston was such a big task that their leaders divided the tasked between themselves called...

and

Lewis Hines took many photographs to end...

What is commission government?

and

What is child labor?

500

Name another industry that started due to the petroleum industry

What is petrochemicals, automobiles, airplanes, etc

500

Name what the 18th, 19th, and 21st Amendment was


What is 18th- banning alcohol, 19th- Woman suffrage, 21st- repealed 18th?


500

Name the 2 reasons why USA entered the war

What is the sinking of Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram?