The Big Oil Boom: Unexpected Social Changes In Texas
From the day in 1901 when oil first jetted out of the earth near Beaumont, oil has been a big part of the Texas economy. The big oil boom of the 1900’s brought new wealth and jobs for both blacks and whites. This also brought a few unexpected social changes for everyone as well.
The first social change was about public schooling in Texas. At the time, college was only for the rich, but this oil money went towards building some schools for the public. Now almost anyone could get better education, and get better jobs. This lead to the idea of public schooling and, slowly, more schools arose for the public. This shows how much oil money can accomplish and how much it changed Texas.
The second change was about divorce. The divorce rates, in some …show more content…
While the oil boom made jobs for blacks and mexicans, it wasn’t to work on the rigs. The jobs were mostly housekeeping and cleaning, but they made a week's’ worth of money in a day. Many blacks now started saving up for college and other necessities back in those days.
The last change that was brought was community morale. That may seem a bit strange, but it happened. Wink, Texas started off with a population of 3,500 people, but in two years had a population of a whopping 6,000! High schools and colleges were built there, and so football teams arose. The oil money helped a lot, because it paid for equipment and brought in people with great football players as children. In the year 1938, the Wink football team won every game, with a win-lose ratio of 12-0. Wink soon became a place of tremendous community pride.
In conclusion, I believe that Document D should get the 30 minute spot, because it showed the biggest change, Document A should get the 20 minute spot, because it showed some change, Document C should get the 10 minute spot, because it showed a little change, and Document B shouldn’t be included, because it showed almost no change. Thank you for listening, and I hope you all have a magnificent
The first social change was about public schooling in Texas. At the time, college was only for the rich, but this oil money went towards building some schools for the public. Now almost anyone could get better education, and get better jobs. This lead to the idea of public schooling and, slowly, more schools arose for the public. This shows how much oil money can accomplish and how much it changed Texas.
The second change was about divorce. The divorce rates, in some …show more content…
While the oil boom made jobs for blacks and mexicans, it wasn’t to work on the rigs. The jobs were mostly housekeeping and cleaning, but they made a week's’ worth of money in a day. Many blacks now started saving up for college and other necessities back in those days.
The last change that was brought was community morale. That may seem a bit strange, but it happened. Wink, Texas started off with a population of 3,500 people, but in two years had a population of a whopping 6,000! High schools and colleges were built there, and so football teams arose. The oil money helped a lot, because it paid for equipment and brought in people with great football players as children. In the year 1938, the Wink football team won every game, with a win-lose ratio of 12-0. Wink soon became a place of tremendous community pride.
In conclusion, I believe that Document D should get the 30 minute spot, because it showed the biggest change, Document A should get the 20 minute spot, because it showed some change, Document C should get the 10 minute spot, because it showed a little change, and Document B shouldn’t be included, because it showed almost no change. Thank you for listening, and I hope you all have a magnificent