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History WW1 Note's
Mr.Strader's Middle School Class- Production notes on WW1 and the era.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Corsicana- | First significant oil reserve discovered First significant oil reserve discovered |
| East Texas and Gulf Coast- | Most of the oil/gas discovered between 1900-1940 |
| Spindletop- | First oil boom in Texas 1901 |
| West Texas- | Where most of the oil strikes were in the 1920s |
| Great Depression- | Brought on by overproduction and Stock Market crash |
| Overproduction and what it caused- | Too much produced causing prices to fall –government had to regulate |
| Lusitania- | British ship with Americans aboard-Germans sank it-cause of WW1 |
| Zimmerman Telegram- | Sent by Germany to Mexico-promised to help get Mexican land back-cause of WW1 |
| How Depression affected Texans- | Did not suffer as much in the beginning-Few invested in Stock Market-few industrial workers- already poor before Depression |
| Dust Bowl- | Drought brought on by over-plowing and no rain |
| Columbus M. Joiner- | discovered oil reserve in East Texas which was largest in world as of 1930 |
| Anthony Lucas- | hit oil at Spindletop |
| Francisco “Pancho” Villa- | general in Mexican Revolution-became angry at the U.S. for recognizing his opponent |
| FDR- | U.S. President who introduced the New Deal to bring the U.S. out of Depression |
| Center for oil companies?- | Houston Correct sequence- Spindletop, WW1, Stock Market crash, Dust Bowl |
| Boom- | Time of good economy causing boom towns when oil discovered |
| Derrick- | framework over an oil well to support drilling equipment |
| Geologist- | scientist-studies origin/history of earth |
| Wildcatter- | person who drills for oil in an area not known for oil |
| Allies WW1- | Great Britain-France-Russia |
| Central Powers WW1- | Germany-Austria-Hungary-Ottoman Empire |
| New Deal- | FDRs plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression |
| WPA- | program putting people to work during the Depression that built and improved buildings |
| Black Tuesday Oct 29,1929- | Stock Market Crash |
| FDIC- | created to regulate banks, keeping people from losing money |