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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is urbanization?
the increase of people working and living in a single area; becoming a city
the increase of people working and living in the country far from others; farm life
the increase ban on large cars in small areas
the decrease of a population from a single area
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is industrialization?
the building of factories next to large plantations
the development of sharecropping on a large plantation
the development of less agriculture and more manufacturing industries in an area
the development of cattle ranching where railroads stop at the ranch
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did railroads, oil and gas all increase in Texas?
urbanization
sharecropping
small farm management
ruralizing
- 4. Multiple Choice
Where were oil fields NOT found in Texas?
the Panhandle
the West
the Southeast
the North
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is a negative effect of drilling for oil and natural gas?
solar flares
low tides
rain
pollution
- 6. Multiple Choice
What new technology was fast and carried a lot of items at once?
railroad
cattle drives
sharecropping
fisheries
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who's knowledge and determination led to the Spindletop?
Anton Gusher
Stephen F. Austin
Arthur Spindle
Pattillo Higgins
- 8. Multiple Choice
To become rich, get a job, light lamps, fuel cars are all reasons people were -
emigrating out of Texas
riding on railways to the Northeastern part of the U.S.
drilling for oil and natural gas
leaving Europe
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why is the Spindletop important?
created the greatest oil boom ever
was the largest discovery of natural gas
was the fastest train in Texas
grew more crops than any other plantation inTexas
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which did NOT create boomtowns?
natural gas
railroads
crude oil
sharecropping
- 11. Multiple Choice
What large change in Texas' economic activities did oil bring to Texas?
agriculture
livestock
industrialization
revolution
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who is the Prophet of the Spindletop?
Pattillo Higgins
Anthony Lucas
Anton Gusher
Stephen F. Austin
- 13. Multiple Choice
How did the fast train engines help boost Texas' economy?
Quickly producing large amounts of cotton
quickly carrying large amounts of people out of Texas
quickly carrying large amounts of natural gas to the West
quickly carrying a large amount of goods to markets in the East
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is sharecropping?
buying land and sharing it with a neighbor so you both have food to eat
renting an oil field and drilling for oil then repaying the owner with oil
renting land & supplies from a wealthy landowner and repaying him with crops but never making enough to get out of debt
buying land next to a well dug by the railroad station
- 15. Multiple Choice
What industry increased the growth of free enterprise in other industries in Texas?
cattle ranching
railroads
sharecropping
natural gas
- 16. Multiple Choice
Where was a large amount of natural gas found in Texas causing the town to boom?
Beaumont, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Amarillo, TX
Spindletop, TX
- 17. Multiple Choice
What did a town have to have in order to be successful in the late 1800s?
oil fields
goats, chickens, and pigs
large ranches
train station
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