Social Studies Chapter 9 Test
The Turn of the Century
Lesson 1: The Cattle Kingdom
- Longhorns
- Cattle drives and the jobs the trail boss, cowhands, and drags had
- Richard King- largest ranch in Texas
- Ranching culture: lasso, rodeos, and tall boots, leather chaps
- End of the cattle drives: barbed wire and railroads
Lesson 2: Railroads and Industry
- Before railroads, people used horse-drawn carts, wagons, and steamboats as transportation
- The first locomotives in Texas brought a lot of changes:
o More settlers and businesses moved to Texas
o New goods could be brought to communities
Skills: Use a Time Zone Map
Lesson 3: Oil
- One of the largest oil derricks was Spindletop which gushed 100 feet in the air and spewed for nine days.
- refinery - a factory that turns oil into products such as grease and kerosene
- Before it was used for gas, oil was grease for machines and burned in lamps for light
- Boomtowns – population grew quickly
Galveston Hurricane
- Isaac M. Cline tried to warn people
- September 8, 1900
Lesson 4&5 : Texas in a Changing World & Texas in World War II
- During WWI and WWII, Texans fought in the war and many pilots and soldiers were trained in TX.
- Suffrage: the right to vote
- In 1919, the TX legislature approved the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote.
- Great Depression
- Dust Bowl
- Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
- Audie Murphy – Texan, got the most medals
- Casualty- dead and wounded
- Because of WWII: Texas changed from rural farms to industrial cities
- At home people supported the war effort
- Women took on many new jobs
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