5th 6 Weeks Review

1. How did windmills increase the population

in West Texas?

• Settlers did not have to depend on sources of surface water

2. What caused urban areas to grow during

WWII?

• There was an increase in industrial jobs

3. Why was Spindletop significant in Texas?

• That is where the Texas petroleum/oil industry began

4. The Texas economy moved towards

industrialization during what era?

• World War II era

5. During World War I, what did Germany

promise Mexico if they joined them in fighting

the United States?

• To help Mexico regain control of the southwestern United States (Texas, New Mexico, Arizona)

6. How did the booming oil industry affect Texas

during the 1970’s?

• People from all over immigrated to Texas

7. Which part of Texas gets the most precipitation?

• East Texas (Gulf Coast Plains)

8. Which part of Texas gets the least amount of

precipitation?

• West Texas (Mountains and Basins)

9. Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

• African American soldiers who guarded the Texas frontier after the Civil War

10. Who was the first Texas governor born in

Texas?

• James Hogg

11. Who was James Farmer?

• African American civil rights leader

12. What would be the effect on the oil industry

in Texas if cars in the future run on electricity?

• It would suffer because there would not be as high of a demand for oil

13. How would you describe Dwight D.

Eisenhower?

• He was a military leader during WWII

14. How did the oil industry shape the

development of a city like Odessa?

• The town grew as the demand for oil increased

15. What has Galveston done since the

Hurricane of 1900 to protect themselves from

future storms?

• They built a seawall

16. Why did farmers settle in West Texas after the invention of

barbed wire?

• They were able to protect their crops from cattle

17. What types of items did Texans ration during

World War II to help support American

soldiers?

• Food, shoes, gas

18. Where there is military conflict in an oil-exporting country, the price of oil usually

goes up. Why?

• The available supply of the world’s oil is reduced

19. What things would have caused a bust in

the farming cycle?

• Insects, droughts, higher crop prices

20. A political candidate who supported the

Progressive movement would look to improve what kind of things?

• Laws that improve working conditions in factories

21. Why would someone who owned

land in Beaumont, Texas want to sell it in

January 1901?

• Discovery of oil in the area

22. List these events in chronological order:

Discovery of oil at Spindletop, stock market crash, invention

of barbed wire, Dust Bowl

• Invention of barbed wire 1873

• Discovery of oil at Spindletop 1901

• Stock market crash 1929

• Dust Bowl 1930-1936

23. In West Texas what would happen if

ranchers pumped water out of aquifers to get water for their herds?

• Natural streams and springs would dry up

24. The economic effects of the Texas oil

industry:

• Oil refining jobs in East Texas

• Oil drilling in West Texas

• Oil research and development

25. How has the discovery of oil in Texas led Texas communities and the rest of the world to become

dependent on each other?

• Worldwide demand for oil products continues to increase

26. What would cause people on the outskirts of Houston during the 1960’s to vote

mostly Democratic and then by the end of the 1990’s to

vote 8 out of 10 Republican?

• Sun Belt Migration