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| something produced in addition to the main product |
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| a person who is regularly paid for his or her labor or services |
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| employees stopping work until demands are met |
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| association of workers formed to gain better wages and working conditions |
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| a method of mining that strips away layers of earth and rock |
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| a nonrenewable source of energy underground |
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| an open pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting |
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| money issued by a company that could be spent only at the company store |
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| a town that experiences a major increase, or boom, in population due to sudden rapid economic growth |
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| a person who drills wells hoping to find oil in areas not known to be oil fields |
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| a plant where raw petroleum is purified and is made into other products, such as gasoline and kerosene |
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| a poisonous by-product from petroleum and natural gas |
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| a chemical made from petroleum or natural gas |
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| rubber that comes from checmicals rather than from plants |
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| a framework or tower over an oil well used to support drilling equipment |
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| a time of great economic growth |
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| a fossil fuel formed deep in the earth, often found with oil |
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| a thick, oil liquid found deep in the earth, used in a natural or refined state as fuel |
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| a scientist who studies the origin, history, and structure of the earth |
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| to contract to use something for a set period of time in exchange for a fee |
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| a supply of a natural resource that is known to exist but has not yet been used |
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| 3 reasons manufacturing came slowly to Texas |
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1. Texas was far from large cities and markets
2. Transportation was slow and expensive
3. Texas lacked valuable raw materials |
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| 4 industries that benefitted from the railraods |
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1. beef
2. lumber
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| two raw materials that Texas lacked |
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1. iron ore
2. high quality coal |
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| a town created by the lumber companies where companies controlled almost every aspect of the employee's life |
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| Texas Federation of Labor |
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| worked to establish better working conditions for laborers |
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| workers response to poor working conditions |
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| organized or joined labor unions |
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| a powerful railroad owner |
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| "Prince of the Pines"; helped make lumber the leading Texas industry |
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| Texas's 3 most valuable fossil fuels |
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1. oil
2. natural gas
3. coal (low-grade) |
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| created a high demand for oil |
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| railroads switching to oil-based fuel |
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| the first significant oil reserve in Texas |
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| the location of the most of the oil and natural gas discoveries between 1900 and 1940 |
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| East Texasn and the hill country |
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| Fort Worth was a center for meatpacking and..... |
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| this regulated BOTH railroad and oil prices in the 1930s |
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| Texas Railroad Commission |
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| world's leading expert on salt domes; discovered oil at Spindletop |
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| discovered the largest oil reserve in East Texas the world had ever seen at the time (1930) |
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| created in 1916 to establish state highway departments |
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