Texas History
Fort Burrows
Chapter 16 Review
1. surplus -
2. Prohibition -
3. petroleum -
4. bedrock -
5. truckpatch -
6. suffrage -
7. hurricane –
8. progressives -
9. impeachment -
10. liberals -
11. wildcatters -
12. roughnecks -
13. conservatives -
14. neutral -
15. multicultural -
16. barrier island -
17. What percentage of farmers in Texas in the 1930s were tenant farmers?
18. What country or countries were the U.S. fighting against in WWI?
19. Identify the 4 training Camps in Texas.
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20. Name three areas where progressives tried to achieve reforms in Texas ?
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21. Spindletop:
What was it ?
When was it ?
Where was it ?
22. When did “the Hurricane” hit Texas ?
23. What number of Americans died due to the Galveston Hurricane?
24. What group suffered from prejudice as a result of WWI ?
25. What features of popular culture became important in the 1920s?
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26. Identify the Zimmermann Note:
27. What explorer was Galveston, Texas named after?
28. Name top 3 industries, Texas state government regulated in the early 1900s ?
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29. What city was a ‘multicultural’ center?
30. Why did people in Texas have limited supplies of goods during WWI ? ,
31. List examples of prejudice that arose during and after WWI.
32. What group gained rights in the early 1900s due to turmoil with Mexico?
33. What new form of government resulted from the effort to rebuild Galveston?
34. Why did farmers suffer in the late 1920s?
35. List 3 ways women helped in the war effort during WWI.
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36. What was banned by Prohibition ?
37. What industry helped create a demand for oil in the early 1900s?
38. What country or countries belonged to the Central Powers ?
39. What two steps were taken after the Hurricane of 1900 to protect Galveston from future storms ?
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40. Name three ‘Firsts’ in Texas that happened in Galveston.
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41. Describe the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
42. Describe the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
43. Who belonged to the Allied Powers ?
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44. What was the ‘same’ major issue for reform, for all Texas Governors between 1910
and 1920?
45. A hurricane must have sustained winds of…
46. Which oil field is credited with creating ‘more’ interest in drilling for oil in Texas?
47. Progressives who fought for women’s suffrage wanted women to have the right to…
48. Why did so many women’s groups fight for Prohibition ?
49. What does it mean to say that the United States remained neutral in the early stages of
World War I ?
50. In the impeachment process, a public official is …
51. In 1914, the Southwest Conference organized what types of competition between
colleges and universities ?
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3 of Chapter 16 Review Feb 2016