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Chapter 20
A New Century
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History
7th Grade
03/09/2011

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Give three examples of what oil was used for during the early days of discovery ________________________________________________________________
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medicine, greasing axles on wagons, fixing leaks in ships
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Which gusher marked the beginning of the oil boom in Texas?...
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Spindletop.
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The Humble Oil Company of Texas eventually became...
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Exxon-Mobil.
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In order to rebuild in 1900 Galveston set up what kind of government...
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five member commissions.
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The date on which 6,000 Galveston residents died in a hurricane was...
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September 8th, 1900.
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In 1917, Governor Ferguson was...
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impeached.
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Many African American Texans were kept from voting in the early 1900's by...
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poll tax.
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Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution barred the manufacture, sale and transporting of alcohol...
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Eighteenth amendment, 18th
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The major city in Central Texas in 1900 was...
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Dallas.
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To combat violence between Anglo and Mexican groups, state officials...
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sent in the state militia.
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What was built after 1900 to protect Galveston from hurricanes...
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a seawall.
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The Anti-Saloon League worked hard for the passage of...
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the Eighteenth Amendment 18th.
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After Galveston was rebuilt, it resumed its role as ...
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a port of entry for immigrants.
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The first successful oil well in the U.S. was drilled in ...
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Pennsylvania.
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The Progressive Movement supported all of the following...
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womens sufferage, commission form of government, changes in election laws.
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Money that could be spent only in company-owned stores was called...
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scrip.
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In 1901, which gusher produced four times as much oil as had been produced the year before by all Texas oil wells combined?
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Spindletop.
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The motto of which city was "Where 17 Railroads Meet the Sea"?
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Houston.
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The Houston ship channel was constructed because...
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the bayou was not deep enough to handle modern ships.
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List three examples of segregation...
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African Americans must use seperate water fountains, sit in the back of the bus, sit in the balcony of the theatre.
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He drilled the first oil well in Texas a few miles east of Nacogdoches...
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Lyne T. Barrett.
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He was early conservationist who replanted pine trees...
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W. Goodrich Jones.
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She was founder of large department store in Dallas...
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Carrie Marcus Neiman.
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The governor who made a deal with suffragists to win election...
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William P. Hobby
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The person who founded the Texas Freedman...
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Charled N. Love.
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