7.1A identify the major eras in Texas history, describe their defining characteristics, and explain the purpose of dividing the past into eras, including the Age of OIl
7.1B explain the significance of the following date: 1901, discovery of oil at Spindletop
7.7A explain the political, economic, and social impact of the oil industry on the industrialization of Texas
7.7B define and trace the impact of "boom-and-bust" cycles of leading Texas industries throughout the 20th and early 21st centuries such as farming, oil and gas production, cotton, ranching, real estate, banking, and computer technology
7.7C describe and compare the impact of reform movements in Texas in the 19th and 20th centuries such as progressivism, populism, women's suffrage, agrarianism, labor reform, and the conservative movement of the late 20th century
7.7D describe and compare the civil rights and equal rights movements of various groups in Texas in the 20th century and identify key leaders in these movements such as James L. Farmer Jr., Hector P. Garcia, Oveta Culp Hobby, Lyndon B. Johnson, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Jane McCallum, and Lulu Belle Madison White
7.7E analyze the political, economic, and social impact of World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and significant issues in the latter half of the 20th and early 21st centuries such as political and economic controversies, immigration, and migration on the history of Texa
7.8C analyze the effects of physical and human factors such as climate, weather, landforms, irrigation, transportation and communication on major events in Texas
Essential Questions
How does Texas adjust to modernization as it moves into the 20th Century?
What were the causes and effects of boomtowns?
How will Texas become an industrialized and modern society as it moves into the 20th Century?
How did oil industrialize Texas?
What were some social changes that occurred in Texas as a result of political and economic events?
How did boom and bust cycles impact communities?
Academic Vocabulary:
boom and bust: prolonged period of huge profits, followed by sharp decline in profits
fossil fuels: natural fuel, such as gas or coal, formed from the remains of living organisms
petroleum: substance that provides oil, gasoline, and other fuels
populism: a political belief in supporting the rights and empowerment of the masses as opposed to elites
Progressive Era: a period of time focused on reform
Prohibition: a period of time in which the production, selling and buying of alcohol was illegal and prohibited
reform: to make changes in order to improve something
suffrage: the right to vote
urbanization: relating to city areas and life in the city
wildcatter: a person who took great risks by drilling in areas not known to have oil