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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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| The Humble Oil Company of Texas eventually became... |
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| In order to rebuild in 1900 Galveston set up what kind of government... |
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| The date on which 6,000 Galveston residents died in a hurricane was... |
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| In 1917, Governor Ferguson was... |
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| Many African American Texans were kept from voting in the early 1900's by... |
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| The motto of which city was "Where 17 Railroads Meet the Sea"? |
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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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| He was early conservationist who replanted pine trees... |
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| She was founder of large department store in Dallas... |
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| The governor who made a deal with suffragists to win election... |
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| The person who founded the Texas Freedman... |
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