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Dark, thick, liquid fossil fuel commonly called oil

Dark, thick, liquid fossil fuel commonly called oil. Petroleum. Fuel formed underground from plant or animal remains. Fossil Fuel. The person who first drilled oil at Spindletop (he owned the company). Pattillo Higgins. The person who struck oil outside Nacogdoches in 1866.

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Dark, thick, liquid fossil fuel commonly called oil

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  1. Dark, thick, liquid fossil fuel commonly called oil

  2. Petroleum

  3. Fuel formed underground from plant or animal remains

  4. Fossil Fuel

  5. The person who first drilled oil at Spindletop(he owned the company)

  6. Pattillo Higgins

  7. The person who struck oil outside Nacogdoches in 1866

  8. Lyne T. Barret

  9. Towers that support oil-drilling equipment

  10. derricks

  11. Factory where crude oil is refined, or made pure, and then made into various products

  12. Refinery

  13. 1901 oil strike that marked the beginning of the Texas oil boom

  14. Spindletop strike

  15. Texas city that was home to more than 500 oil companies by 1902

  16. Beaumont

  17. Explorers who worked on their own when searching for new oil fields

  18. Wildcatters

  19. An oil by-product of oil used as fuel

  20. gasoline

  21. Within two years of the oil strike at Spindletop, Beaumont’s population changed from _________ to _________

  22. Within two years of the oil strike at Spindletop, Beaumont’s population changed from 9,000 to 50,000

  23. Dirty, crowded, rough places whose populations grew almost overnight

  24. Boomtowns

  25. What effect did the Spindletop strike have on the local economy?

  26. It caused an economic boom and created many jobs.

  27. Gasoline is used in what kind of engine?

  28. Internal Combustion Engine

  29. The demand for gasoline increased as more Americans began to use _______.

  30. The demand for gasoline increased as more Americans began to use cars.

  31. Which agency was given the authority to enforce laws concerning the petroleum industry?

  32. Texas Railroad Commission

  33. Why was the Texas Railroad Commission given authority to enforce laws concerning the petroleum industry?

  34. To limit drilling

  35. Why was wildcatting risky?

  36. Many went bankrupt when they couldn’t find enough oil.

  37. Who were the Hamill brothers?

  38. They were hired to drill for oil at Spindletop.

  39. When oil producers donated to charities in Texas, what was that donation known as?

  40. Philanthropy

  41. Define Roughnecks

  42. Men who did the difficult work in oil fields

  43. Put these regions in chronological order according to the drilling and discovery of oil in Texas:A. Permian BasinB. East TexasC. Panhandle and North TexasD. Gulf Coast

  44. Put these regions in chronological order according to the drilling and discovery of oil in Texas:D. Gulf Coast in 1902B. East Texas in 1903C. Panhandle and North Texas in 1921A. Permian Basin in 1930

  45. Spindletop was not the only BIG oil strike near Beaumont. 20 miles outside Beaumont, oil was discovered at ___________________ in 1902.

  46. Spindletop was not the only BIG oil strike near Beaumont. 20 miles outside Beaumont, oil was discovered at Sour Lake in 1902.

  47. What is the name of the sub-region in West Texas where oil was discovered in 1920?

  48. The Permian Basin

  49. A gas that can be used as fuel

  50. Natural Gas

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