Question

How did the discovery of oil impact Texas? Answer using slide 1 and your prior knowledge.
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Introduction, 2 supporting details and a conclusion. This should be in paragraph form with a min of 4 sen
On January 10, 1901, the Hamill brothers struck oil at Spindletop, Texas. The drilling pipe suddenly shot out of the ground into the air, followed by mud, gas, and oil. A stream of oil 100 feet high gushed for nine days until crews were able to cap the well. It is estimated that 100,000 barrels of oil spouted out of the well before it was capped.
Spindletop success encouraged more drilling in Southeastern Texas. Thousands of people poured into Beaumont in hopes of striking it rich. So many people in such a small area made food, water, and housing difficult to find. A glass of water cost more than a barrel of oil. People slept in chairs, on pool tables, or on cots in hotel lobbies. By the end of the year, there were 140 gushers on Spindletop and 40,000 people living in the tiny town of Beaumont.
In 1902, Spindletop produced more than 17 million barrels of oil. That year, nearly 20 percent of all oil produced in the United States came from wells on Spindletop. With large quantities of oil being produced, supply was greater than demand. This caused oil prices to fall. Oil prices hit an all-time low of just three cents per barrel. With so much oil being taken so quickly, Spindletop was drained. By 1904, Spindletop was producing just 10,000 barrels of oil a day.
Many people became rich from oil found on Spindletop. Major oil companies such as Texaco, Gulf, Exxon, Mobil, and Sun can trace their beginnings to Big Hill in East Texas. Spindletop also aided to the growth of the auto industry in the United States. Texas also received revenues from the oil industry that helped fund colleges such as Texas A&M and the University of Texas.

On January 10, 1901, an explosion was heard near the city of Beaumont that changed Texas’s economy forever. An oil well let loose with a stream of oil that flowed for nine days and sprayed more than 800,000 barrels of oil into the air before workers were able to take control and cap it off. It was the biggest gusher the world had ever seen. Within a year, hundreds of oil companies began building oil towers, hoping to strike it rich by finding gushers of their own. The towers supported the oil derricks that drilled the holes. Just as they had dreamed, oil gushed from the ground all over the state.
Oil refineries were built throughout Texas to turn the oil into petroleum. Coal was soon replaced by petroleum for running cars, trains, ships, and machinery in factories. Thousands of people found work in Texas refineries.
Farmers put down their plows and moved into the cities to work in the refineries. Bigger roads were built, more railroad tracks were laid, and deeper ports were dug so Texas could ship its oil all over the world.
write like 7th grader and a short paragraph.

Answer 1

The discovery of oil at Spindletop on January 10, 1901, changed Texas forever. A stream of oil shot 100 feet into the air and gushed for nine days, spilling about 100,000 barrels before the well was capped, and thousands of people poured into Beaumont, creating crowded boomtown conditions and shortages of food, water, and housing. The oil boom led to new refineries, many jobs, big companies like Texaco and Exxon, and more roads, railroads, and ports so Texas could ship oil around the world; the money even helped fund colleges. Overall, Spindletop turned Texas into an industrial and economic powerhouse that shaped the state and nation for decades.