Urbanization in Texas

What was the name of the first major oil well in Texas?

• Spinning Top

• Patillo Higgins

• Spindletop

• Golden Well

Why did Beaumont become

a center of industrialization in Texas?

• Oil drillers rushed to the region around Spindletop to see if they could find more "Black Gold".

• People wanted to move to the region because of its natural beauty.

• Oil drillers rushed to the region around Spindletop to see if they could buy land to grow crops.

• People wanted to move to the region because of the nice weather.

What were some of the results of discovering natural gas?

• It led to a decline in job opportunities and the population of Texas.

• It caused several communities in Texas to move.

• It contributed to the urbanization of Texas and led to the production of other products used in the U.S. and around the world.

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Another word for arrival is _______.

• influx

• rural

• lured

• expansion

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Between 1900 and 1920 the population in Texas increased by ______ people.

• 1.5 billion

• 15 million

• 1.5 million

• 15 billion

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Which industry lured people to Texas?

• railroad

• advertisement

• cattle

• oil and gas

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Who noticed the oil smell in a field in Beaumont?

• Spindletop

• Pattillo Higgins

• Anthony Lucas

• Lucas Gusher

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________ was a miner that tapped into a gusher that produced more oil than any other oil field in the U.S.

• Pattillo Higgins

• Lucas Gusher

• Anthony Lucas

• Anthony Higgins

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By what year did Texas produced more oil than any other state in the nation?

• 1928

• 1901

• 1900

• 1920

What is the informal term Texans used for oil?

• Spindletop

• Refineries

• Gold of Texas

• Texas Gold

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