preview

1930's Dbq Essay

Decent Essays

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.

Get Access