The Age of Oil

Gasoline and plastics are examples of products made from oil or natural gas in the _________ industry.

What caused the population "boom" in Beaumont, Texas? Population grew from 10,000 to 50,000 within a year.

• The cattle drive industry was prospering.

• The lumber industry producing more lumber for steel.

• Discovery of oil on a hill called Spindletop.

• Discovery of gold and other precious metals.

What caused the Texas economy to "Boom" in the early 1900s?

• Oil

• Cattle

• Cotton

• Railroads

Oil was referred to as _________________________ since it had the power to make overnight millionaires.

• Crude Gold

• Crude Money

• Liquid Cash

• Black Gold

A town that grows rapidly because of the discovery of oil is called a what?

• Busttown

• Boomtown

• Cooltown

• Whatevertown

In what year did oil drillers discover the first major oil field in Texas?

• 1901

• 1836

• 1865

• 1918

Oil led to an increase in what in Texas?

• Population

• Cities

• Jobs

• All of them

Just like the Railroad Commissioner was put into place to protect people from the unfair practices of the Railroad companies, he is also going to be the one responsible for regulating what during the Age of Oil?

• Oilfield workers

• oil wells

• oil prices

The MAIN idea of this cartoon is:

• Oil was very difficult to find.

• Water was discovered when oil was needed.

• Water was valued more than oil by Texas farmers.

• Oil is useful for crops.

This event benefited the people of Texas by —

• decreasing the value of farm land 

• creating a monopoly in the oil industry

• leading to greater industrialization 

• bringing attention to environmental issues