| A | B |
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| primary election | elections held by a politcal party to select the parties offical candidates |
| What year did Women win the right to vote in priamry elections? | 1918 |
| What was the main belief of conservatives in the earl 1900s? | federal government with limited powers |
| Where was the first oil well classified as a gusher drilled in Texas? | Spindetop Hill in Beaumont |
| what city was called "Where 17 railroads meet the sea" | Houston |
| scrip | money that couls be spent in company-owned stores |
| What did the 18th amendment do? | banned the making and consumption of alcohol in the US (prohibition) |
| Who drilled the first Oil well in texas | Lyne barrett |
| what city became the epicenter of the oil industry | houston |
| what other industries benefited from the oil boom | lumber, transportation, finance, banking, insurane, and many others |
| What was the purpose of the Terrell election law? | to ensure fair elections |
| rural | contry life, agriculture |
| urban | city life and society |
| Who was the chief target of the Ku Klux Klan | African Americans |
| what were early uses for oil before the 1900s? | medicine, greasing wagon axles, fixing leaks on ships, waterproofing |
| What company did Humble Oil evovle into? | Exxon-mobil |
| what type of city goverment did Galveston set up after the hurricane of 1900? | Commission Form |
| what way were African-Americans kept from voting in the early 1900s? | poll tax |
| major central Texas city in 1900? | dallas |
| What party dominated Texas politics after Reconstruction? | Democrat |
