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THE AGE OF OIL

THE AGE OF OIL . UNIT 10. TEXAS EVENTS IN THE AGE OF OIL . 1901 SITE OF FIRST SIGNIFICANT OIL WELL IN TEXAS. SPINDLETOP EAST TEXAS. AGE OF OIL. GROWTH OF URBAN AREAS TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. IMPORTANT EVENT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. HURRICANE DEVASTATES GALVESTON

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THE AGE OF OIL

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  1. THE AGE OF OIL UNIT 10

  2. TEXAS EVENTS IN THE AGE OF OIL 1901 SITE OF FIRST SIGNIFICANT OIL WELL IN TEXAS. SPINDLETOP EAST TEXAS

  3. AGE OF OIL GROWTH OF URBAN AREAS TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION

  4. IMPORTANT EVENT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER HURRICANE DEVASTATES GALVESTON WORLD WAR I BEGINS WOMEN SUFFRAGE ADMENDMENT PROHIBITION ENDS

  5. THE GROWTH OF THE OIL INDUSTRY INCREASED EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 500 NEW COMPANIES BEING FORMED. IMPROVED STANDARDS OF LIVING FOR MANY TEXANS.

  6. THE OIL INDUSRTY IMPACTS TEXAS GOVT. THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED TO REGULATE AND CONTROL OIL PRICES.

  7. BOOM & BUST A PERIOD OF GREAT PROFITS FOLLOWED BY A DOWNWARD TREND ON A INDUSTRY. THE INVENTION OF THE TRACTOR IN 1901 HELPED TO PRODUCE CROPS FASTER AND MORE EFFCIENTLY, SO MORE CROPS WERE PRODUCED AND PUT ON THE MARKET.

  8. STRONG SUPPORTERS OF POPULISM (1890’S) RURAL CITIZENS WHO HAD NOT BENEFITED FROM NEW INDUSTRY.

  9. TEXAS EQUAL SUFFRAGE IT GAVE WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE. MANY WOMEN IN TEXAS ENTERED THE WORKFORCE DURING WORLD WAR I.

  10. LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICANS IT SUPPORTS THE RIGHTS OF SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE.

  11. GALVESTON HURRICANE 1900 IT ALTERED THE ECONOMIC DEVLOPMENT IN TEXAS. MAJOR INDUSTRIES IN GALVESTON MOVED INLAND TO HOUSTON.

  12. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION THE DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION WITHIN TEXAS DURING THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY. THE POPULATION OF CITIES EXPANDED RAPIDLY. PETROLEUM WAS GREATLY AFFECTED BY THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF HOWARD HUGHES, SR. COAL MINING CONTRIBUTED THE LEAST TO THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN TEXAS DURING THE 20TH CENTURY.

  13. URBANIZATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRIBUTED THE LEAST TO THE TREND OF URBANIZATION IN TEXAS. IT LED TO A GROWTH OF SERVICE INDUSTRY JOBS IN TEXAS.

  14. JAMES HOGG FIRST NATIVE-BORN TEXAN TO BE ELECTED GOVERNOR OF TEXAS. HE HELPED START THE TEXAS RAILROAD COMMISSION. HIS SUPPORTERS FOR GOVERNOR WERE FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND SMALL MERCHANTS, BUT NOT LARGE COMPANIES. HE ADVOCATE LAW ENFORCEMENT AND WAS A CRUSADER AGAINST CRIME.

  15. CAMP BOWIE A FORMER MILITARY POST SET UP DURING WORLD WAR I. THERE IS A ROAD IN FT. WORTH, TX NAMED AFTER THIS POST.

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