Oil could be considered liquid gold in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Many people flocked to oil rich places to make money, but few truly had a big break. All the new businesses that came with it made higher demand for many goods and services. There were 3 main reasons oil brought about social changes, but which were the most important? Oil brought about many differences, some of these are giving jobs to minority workers, made better colleges, and also brought towns together. The oil boom brought many jobs for minorities. A woman named Willsie Lee McKinney was an african american that was payed little money, around $10 per week. She soon moved to the areas that had a large oil boom and she got a major raise. She went from her old pay of $1 per week …show more content…
In the late 1850’s, a million acres of land were offered by the Texas legislature as an endowment. Later, in the early 1880’s, this land mass would double its size, and all this land was set aside for drilling what was called “Texas Tea”. Most of the prophets made by this found oil were donated to the local colleges. By 2008, the total money given to the colleges (U.T. and Texas A&M) was $4.4 billion. (Doc. A) These colleges then took the money and split it. They took it and used it to build new sections that were used to further the education of the students. This social change gave the future of America an outlet and a way to make their country better by providing it with services that were valuable. This so called “black gold” brought about towns that would have never been made and it increased town spirit. By 1927, the town of Wink was founded because of the oil that was found in the area. The people that were recruiting workers to work on the oil rigs were also looking at their sons, but why? They wanted to make a high school and a football team. The men looked at workers sons and if their sons were not good at football they were not hired to work for them in Wink. The team ended up having a streak of 12 wins and 0 loses. (Doc.
The decade of the 1930’s can be characterized in two parts: The Great Depression, and the restoration of the American economy. America had been completely destroyed due to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. It was up to the government and people of the 1930’s to "mend" America’s wounds. One man stood up to this challenge, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He promised to fix the American economy, provide jobs, and help the needy. During The Great Depression, the crime rate had risen to an all new high. J. Edgar Hoover helped to create the Federal Bureau of Investigation. As America was restored, culture grew quickly. Dance clubs, new music styles, glamour girls, movies and sports were all popular forms of entertainment in the
The 1952 constitution is the most recent document that has increased executive responsibility. Islam is the official religion, and Jordan is declared to be part of the Arab ummah (“nation”). “Jordan is divided into 12 administrative muḥāfaẓāt (governorates), which in turn are divided into districts and subdistricts, each of which is headed by an official appointed by the minister of the interior.” All the cities and towns have a mayor which it represents. The king remains as the country’s ultimate authority and wields power over the executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
Hundreds upon thousands of millionaires, new cities and towns, and a plethora of jobs are birthed out of one black goo. Oil. Ever since January of 1901, oil has been spewing out of hundreds of oil rigs all over Texas, bringing cities and people with them. Oil changed Texas from a place with very few cities to a place with cities all over. The oil would be found in a remote place and within the month 2000 people would live there, hoping to get rich from oil.
During the 1914’s a great event known as WWI took place and it had several impacts on the U.S. This event happened because of imperialism by Serbia. They wanted to expand their land so that they could create Greater Serbia or Yugoslavia. They needed land they did not have so they asked Austria-Hungary for a portion of land. Austria-Hungary said no to this. A terrorist group known as the Black Hand were not happy with Austria-Hungary’s response so their leader Gavrilo Princip organized a plan to kill their Archduke and family. After the dead of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for the dead of the Archduke so the declared war (Document 4). Serbia had an alliance with Russia so that if they ever entered a war Russia would have their back. Latter on other countries joined the war such as France, Italy, and Britain to aid Serbia and Russia (Document 2), they were known as the allies. Germany, Turkey, and Bulgaria also joined the war to help Austria-Hungary, they were known as the Central Powers.
In the 1900s drove 15,000 oil companies when they first discovered oil in the spindletop texas.There were a lot of benefits of this discovery like higher pay for a lot of the workers, Better football teams and better growth in a lot of their universities. There were a lot of disadvantages to this discovery like in ector texas was 23 times the amount of the national average. Oil was the only way for the future with entrepreneurs showing up all over the U.S region.This discovery changed texas future for ever.
Oil has created new opportunities such as college for people who want to or need to have for their jobs. People now have a better chance of going to college than they use to. The legislature had given the two schools UT and Texas A&M two million acres of land. When oil came into town in 1923 it was a booming business. Now that the oil had came into town the oil and land produced 4.4 billion dollars for the university of UT and Texas A&M. Oil money from land grants helped develop higher education levels in Texas. Overall oil has made a huge impact on school in a great way.
Beginning in the early 1920’s, America found itself in a frenzy of revolutionary movements that would shift the everyday lives of American citizens and pave the way to the modern era. A struggle between old ideas of conservatism and new liberal movements surfaced during the “roaring twenties”. The new movements that began rearing their heads during this time period consisted of liberal political ideas, the advancements of rights for the common man and woman, and reforms to our social culture.
Welcome to the Texas Untold Story.This is about how oil changed Texas. Oil had brought wealth to many families,and sometimes tore families apart. How did oil have a big impact on Texas?Three most important social changes in the 1900’s were Minorities in West Texas,Oil and the University of Texas, and High Divorce rates.
nation's great cities and as oil refining rose so did the popularity of the automobile. With these
Ever since the day that Spindletop started to gush, oil has been very important to the region. Oil has lead to new inventions and also expansions to places like schools. It also gave people jobs because people can get paid for locating and drilling oil.
The most important social change caused by oil is better university education. Most of the 1 million acres that the Texas legislature had given to the future University of Texas was dry and didn't look like much. By 2008, it had produced $4.4 billion in oil and gas royalty payments and other income for the University of Texas systems. Within the first year of finding oil on the university grounds there were 17 producing wells in the Big Lake Field. University of Texas was on its way to becoming very wealthy.(Document
On August 28, 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake found oil in oil creek Pennsylvania. Oil did not become popular (or a major industry) until the late 1800’s. It was still a great improvement and (in today's time) one of the most important advancements all-time It is important because most everything that is in the world requires oil in order to run properly. Oil fuel our airplanes, cars, and trucks, to heat our homes, and to make products like medicines and plastics. It pollutes our environment. It causes danger to plants and animals d spilled. When the oil spilled n the sea, it caused tremendous danger to the sea animals. Oil helps because after being distilled it causes tarry residue which helps road surfacing, and for roofing. When
The importance of oil for armies did not decrease in the post-war period, but oil also became vital for industrialized societies in many other ways. Developed nations became dependent on motorized vehicles fuelled by oil products, not just for passenger transport but also for food production, health care, manufacturing, heating, and electricity generation. At the same time, most industrialized countries did not produce enough oil to satisfy their needs. Moreover, decolonization meant that oil was imported from independent nations rather than from politically dependent territories as before the war. Conversely, many of these developing countries also became dependent on oil export revenues for their economic development and political
Texas is one of the 50 states of United States of America. It was officially made state number 28 in 1845. It is located in the mid-south of United States. Texas has an estimated population of twenty-seven million people. It has its administration in which some are elected while others are appointed. Like other states in the United States, it is headed by an elected Governor. Other levels of governance are the senator, city commissioners among others. It’s endowed with the substantial amount of natural resources such as petroleum. The discovery of oil in this state was an opener to many petroleum-related industries. This created jobs for the citizens, development of infrastructure such as roads and electricity, several
Oil has repeatedly been referred to as any economy’s lifeblood. Whereas this is an overemphasis, oil has been the utmost key, nonhuman resource of economy throughout the largest part of the 20th century. In the book “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power” by Daniel Yergin, the author illustrates the political, societal, economic, and geo-strategic prominence of this product. The book was published by Simon and Schuster in 2011 in New York, and contains 928 pages, as its ISBN is 1439134839. This research paper aims to provide a book review on Daniel Yergin’s “The Prize.”