Age of Oil Test Review Game

Age of Oil Test Review Game

Texas History

List the outcomes and affects of the ‘Permanent University Fund’?

-set aside land for Universities-helps Texas Universities

-help found the University of Texas and Texas A&M

-Texas Universities still use the fund today

Describe the accomplishments of the following individuals.-Scott Joplin-Elisabet Ney

-Howard Hughes Sr.-Jane McCallum

Scott Joplin- African American Texan who invented music called ragtime music. His best known works are “The Maple Leaf Rag” and “The entertainerElisabet Ney- She sculpted statues of early Texas Heroes. Her work of SFA and Sam Houston can be seen in AustinHoward Hughes Sr.- multi-millionaire who owned a tool company, invented the drill-bit which made oil drilling much more efficient. These drill-bits are still used todayJane McCallum- Women’s suffrage leader, also a leader in education reform, prison reform, and child labor reform. She was part of the Women’s Joint Legislative Council also known as the Petticoat Lobby

Locate Spindeltop on the map

Define ‘Boom and Bust’. What does ‘Boom’ mean? What does ‘Bust’ mean?

The cycle of economic gain and loss in cities and industries

Boom: growth of population in cities (urbanization), thriving economy ($), job growth and available jobs,

and Industrialization growthBust: Population loss, struggling economy, high

unemployment, little industry growthThink of those Ghost towns we talked about!!!

http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/americas-coolest-ghost-towns

What is a ‘Progressive Movement’? Name some examples

Progressive Movement- Social movements to create better overall societies

-Women’s Suffrage-Temperance Movement/ Prohibition-Education Reform-Antitrust Movement-Labor Movement

Define ‘urbanization’. How did it affect the following populations?

-Rural-Urban

urbanization: An increase in people living or working in cities

Rural- farmers started to lose money. They eventually had to find work in the cities

Urban: Cities experienced large amounts of growth in industry, jobs, and population

Describe each of the following movements1. The Temperance Movement

2. Women’s Suffrage3. Antitrust Movement

Temperance Movement- the movement to make alcohol illegal; prohibitionWomen’s Suffrage- the movement for women’s civil rights; mainly the right to vote acquired in the 19th amendmentAntitrust Movement- movement to break monopolies and trusts; helped promote competition

What James Hogg’s main contributions to Texas?

-He founded the Interstate Commerce Commission which monitored the Railroad-He passed the antitrust act of 1889 which

fought big businesses such as monopolies and trusts. The act focused mainly on the Railroad

-first native born Texas Governor

What were the affects of the Texas oil boom in 1901?

-The urbanization of Texas cities-Industrialization of Texas (Ex: gas, automobile) -many oil companies are founded such as Gulf,

Texaco, and Chevron are founded-Changes in Transportation, mainly the

automobile and railroads

What were the affects of the Galveston Hurricane? List as many as you can

-Houston and other Texas cities start to become more urbanized

-Galveston built a seawall-The Houston Ship Channel is expanded

-Houston becomes one of the leading U.S. ports

Who made up the majority of the Populist Party? Why did they start forming a party

combatting urbanization?

The Populist party was mostly compiled of farmers with Agrarian interests. They had the farmers

interests in mind. It was a political party, formed by the farmer’s alliance to reduce the influence of big businesses on government such as the oil industry,

and railroad industry