Coach Keaffer: 7th Grade History Chapter 20 Part A
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Spindletop | Where was the first oil boom in Texas? |
| Increase in Texas's population, development of new industries, & improvements in Texas ransportation | What was a result of the oil boom? |
| Houston | Which Texas city benefited from early oil discoveries and remains an center for oil companies today? |
| West Texas | Where were most of the oil strikes in the 1920s? |
| Overproduction caused oil prices to drop | Why did the government step in to regulate the oil industry? |
| Fort Worth | In what town did Amon Carter establish aircraft production? |
| Hugh Roy Cullen | Who donated $11 million to the University of Houston and Houston hospitals in the 1930s? |
| toxic waste | What is a poisonous by-product of chemical production? |
| boom | A time of great economic growth. |
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