Galveston and Spindletop

When did the devastating Galveston Hurricane occur that changed the city forever?

7. The Galveston Seawall was initially built to what height

 What role does the Port of Galveston play today?

• Handles both cargo and cruise ships

• Only serves fishing vessels

• Is no longer operational

• Primarily handles cruise ships

• No function its a fishing city

 The discovery of oil at _______ in 1901 marked the beginning of the Texas oil boom.

• East Texas Oil Field

• Beaumont's Spindletop

• Permian Basin

• Burkburnett Field

• East Lansing

 Before becoming an oil boomtown, Beaumont's economy primarily relied on:

What nation produces the most oil in the world?

• The U.S.

• Russia

• Saudi Arabia

• Kuwait

 What role did the railroad industry play in the oil boom?

• Competed with oil companies

• Regulated oil production

•  Discovered new oil fields

• No change

• Transported oil to markets

An economic cycle in which high demand leads to high output, which results in falling prices and hard times.

• Boom-and-Bust-Cycle

• Natural Gas

• Boomtown

• Wildcatter

 Which technological advancement made the Spindletop discovery possible

• Steam-powered drills

  
  

• Rotary drilling

  
  

• Hydraulic fracturing

• Power Pneumatics

• Horizontal drilling

The Texas Company, founded in 1901, later became known as: