Unit 9: Oil ...Prohibition Question Preview (ID: 46106)


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What was the name of the first major oil find in Texas?
a) Spindletop
b) Big Gusher
c) Exxon
d) Gulf

What was the date of the first major oil find in Texas?
a) 1900
b) 1901
c) 1800
d) 1915

What was a boomtown?
a) A city built around the ports.
b) A city that helped the sharecroppers
c) A city built near the oil fields
d) A city next to a really big city

What happened to Texas after the oil was found?
a) Texas refused to sell any of their oil.
b) Texas raised the price of gasoline.
c) Texas decided to send all their oil to Mexico.
d) Texas became the leading producer of oil in the U.S.

What was a positive impact of oil in Texas?
a) All of the choices were positive impacts
b) The lumber industry increased because of oil derricks
c) The railroad built more tracks in Texas
d) The port of Houston increased in size because of oil shipments

What two cities benefited the most from the oil boom?
a) Corpus Christi - San Antonio
b) Dallas - Houston
c) Dallas - San Antonio
d) Sinton - Taft

What were negative impacts to Texas from the oil boom?
a) Pollution
b) Trash / garbage
c) All are negative impacts.
d) Clearing and changing the land

What were some of the reasons most immigrants came to Texas?
a) Corrupt government
b) Lack of food
c) Overpopulation
d) All are reasons immigrants came

Which of the following was NOT one of the largest immigrant groups to come to Texas?
a) Russian
b) Czech
c) German
d) Polish

What was the occupation of most of the immigrants?
a) Politicians
b) Farmers
c) Oil field workers
d) Teachers

What was the concern America had with immigrants going into World War I?
a) They were not trained to us U.S. weapons.
b) They were not legal citizens of the U.S.
c) Loyalty to their Mother Country
d) They could not speak English

What was the date of the hurricane that hit Galveston?
a) 1950
b) 1901
c) 1800
d) 1900

What did Galveston do to prevent so much destruction from future storms?
a) Built a seawall
b) Built a stronger pier
c) Used boats as a wind break
d) All new homes had to have a second story

How did the hurricane hurt Galveston’s economy?
a) The hurricane killed all the fish
b) Majority of Galveston's industries relocated to Houston
c) Most of the citizens moved away
d) It took too long to rebuild the city

What is suffrage?
a) The right to drink alcohol
b) The right to become a U.S. citizen
c) The right to vote
d) The right to own property

What amendment gave women the right to vote?
a) 15th
b) 1st
c) 20th
d) 19th

What is prohibition?
a) Stop the making a selling of alcohol
b) The right to vote
c) The right to own a gun
d) The right to become a U.S. citizen

What amendment made prohibition law?
a) 19th
b) 15th
c) 18th
d) 21st

Which was not a problem caused by prohibition?
a) Rise of gangsters
b) Illegal making of alcohol
c) Corrupt police and politicians
d) Happy families

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