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Oil Boom
By Summer Barnes
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Patillo Higgins wanted an even-burning ________ for making bricks.
fire
fuel source
vehicle
Spindletop Hill
What was Spindletop Hill?
hill that kids played on
salt dome south of Beaumont
Higgins believed that ____ could be found beneath salt domes.
sand
oil and gas
fire
salt
Higgins began drilling for oil in what year?
1891
1892
1893
1894
Was he successful?
Yes
No
Higgins then hired Captain _______ to help find oil at Spindletop.
Anthony Lucas
James Fannin
Stephen F. Austin
Which of the following DID NOT happen on January 10, 1901?
Lucas drilled down 1,139 feet.
Mud shot out of the well like a cannon.
People took showers while oil was gushing.
Oil, also called black gold, gushed out.
Lucas and Higgins' discovery at Spindletop was Texas' first _____
car purchase
major oil well
Beaumont
In 1902, Spindletop produced _______ million barrels, or 94% of the state's total.
16
17
18
19
Why did people rush to Beaumont, causing it to grow from 9,000 people to 50,000 people?
to buy land and drill for oil
to sell drilling equipment
to get jobs running drills or building pipelines to get oil to refineries
all of the above
More and more cars were starting to be used, What are two ways cars increased the demand for oil? (pick 2 answers)
petroleum, or oil, was used to make paved roads
cars used gasoline
cars had seat belts
stripes were painted on the roads
Oil changed life on the farm because farmers now had tractors to help them. They could plant and harvest more land, so farms got larger.
True
False
Which of the following is not listed in our textbook as an item made from oil?
lip balm
lotions
plastic
paper
