Unit 10 Question Preview (ID: 37238)

a) To create a cheaper supply of power

b) To provide new recreational facilities

c) To connect the island with the mainland

d) To protect from flooding by hurricanes

a) There is a huge demand for oil to power the new automobiles. And there are plentiful automobiles to transport our product. W

b) We have made a strike, but lack a way to transport our oil to market. We will likely fail.

c) Our oil fields sit on top of dense limestone, so it will take too long to get to it, if we can at all. There is no point in

d) All of these are true.

a) James Hogg

b) Jay McCallum

c) Dan Moody

d) Howard Hughes, Sr.

a) It is named after an old Indian fort from the frontier days.

b) It is named after a famous hero of the Alamo.

c) It is named after a former military post set up during the First World War

d) It is named after the first oil well to become a gusher in Texas.

a) James Hogg

b) Jay McCallum

c) Dan Moody

d) Howard Hughes, Sr.

a) Many farmers who could not afford new equipment went out of business causing an increase in prices.

b) Farmers went into debt to buy this type of equipment and had to raise agricultural prices to pay the debt.

c) Farming became a slow process because of the bulky machine so less was produced and prices decreased.

d) Crops were produced in greater amounts eventually supplying more than was demanded causing a drop in prices.

a) mass transit systems in Texas cities

b) the number of female railroad conductors

c) urban centers such as Dallas and Houston

d) coal mining in Texas to supply the railroads

a) oil fields

b) cattle ranching

c) service-related fields

d) the agricultural sector

a) Agriculture

b) Communication

c) Petroleum

d) Transportation

a) The population of cities expanded rapidly.

b) Many people could travel easier across the state.

c) Many people moved out of the state for job opportunities.

d) The population of coastal cities rose while inland cities fell.

a) The devastation caused a decade-long recession.

b) Oil production never recovered to pre-hurricane levels.

c) Major industries in Galveston moved inland to Houston.

d) Cotton growers were forced out of Texas to find new distributors.

a) Many women entered the workforce.

b) Women gained equal pay with men.

c) Women began serving in combat in the military.

d) Many universities accepted women for the first time.

a) control oil prices

b) regulate factories

c) protect agricultural workers

d) extend voting rights to women

a) reform the poor conditions in Texas prisons

b) outlaw the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages

c) protect the voting rights that had been granted to African Americans

d) win ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

a) A period of growth leading to higher employment

b) A period of high unemployment followed by a growth period

c) A period of poor profits followed by a large growth in an industry

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

a) Growthof cattle drives

b) Growth of urban areas

c) Decline of job opportunities

d) Decline of industrialization

a) The Texas Surveyor's Office was established to locate oil deposits.

b) The Texas Railroad Commission was established to regulate and control oil prices.

c) The Texas Energy Conservation Office was established to regulate oil deposit claims and usage.

d) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality was established to regulate oil industry pollution.

a) ranchers began fencing their land

b) oil companies built high-rise offices

c) pipelines were built across the state

d) boomtowns sprang up all over the state

a) Prohibition ends

b) First World War

c) 19th ammendment

d) Galveston Hurricane