1. AGE OF OIL
1880 – 1920 Progressive Era 1900 – Hurricane of – Spindletop 1917 – 1918 World War I 1918 – 1931 Prohibition th Amendment – Women’s Suffrage

2. Galveston Hurricane 1900

4. RESEARCH INFORMATION ON ISSUES, EVENTS, AND PEOPLE IMPORTANT TO TEXAS
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RESEARCH INFORMATION ON ISSUES, EVENTS, AND PEOPLE IMPORTANT TO TEXAS

5. MATCH YOUR NUMBER and research
Howard Hughes Sr.
Jane McCallum
James Hogg
Temperance Movement
LULAC
Houston Ship Channel
Texas Railroad Commission

6. Howard hughes sr.
Developed a new type of drill bit called the rotary drill bit the bit made it possible to drill through very hard rock to reach oil deep underground (1909 patent) .....the drill bit revolutionized the oil industry which is one of the largest industries in Texas

7. Jane mc callum
Civil rights movement 1920s-- was a member of the "petticoat lobby" which worked for education, prison reform, prohibition, mother and child health, literacy, and the elimination of child labor. She was appointed as Secretary of State under Governor Dan moody

8. James hogg
James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg was an American lawyer and statesman, and the 20th Governor of Texas. He was the first Texas Governor to have been born in Texas. Jim Hogg County is named after him. He permitted the legislature in to create the Railroad Commission

9. Temperance movement
Founded in It’s main purpose was to get alcoholic drinks banned (this is known as prohibition). The movement thought drinking alcoholic beverages ruined people’s health, disrupted family life, led to unemployment, and promoted “ungodly” behavior.

10. lulac
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), founded in 1929, is the oldest and most widely respected Hispanic civil rights organization in the United States of America, created to advocate for Hispanic’s basic civil and human rights.

11. Houston ship channel
Located in Houston, Texas, and is part of the Port of Houston—one of the United States' busiest seaports. The channel is the canal for ocean-going vessels between Houston-area terminals and the Gulf of Mexico, and serves an increasing volume of inland barge traffic.

12. Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)
Also called Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) is the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) industry, and surface coal and uranium mining. Despite its name, it no longer regulates railroads.[1] Established by the Texas Legislature in 1891, it is the state's oldest regulatory agency and began as part of the Efficiency Movement of the Progressive Era.