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Roughnecks
Men who worked the fields
Wildcatters
Oil seekers who took great risks by drinking unknown areas
Found oil in Pennsylvania below a layer of bedrock in 1859
Edwin Drake
First producer of oil in Texas. 10 barrels a day
Lyne t Barrett
Had idea to use oil for power
Pattillo Higgins
Ran Lucas gusher which produced 100,000 barrels a day in January 1901
Anthony Lucas
Opened biggest oilfield in USA in risk county
C.M dad Joiner
What factors led to an increase demand for oil
Automobile industry
How did oil production at spindletop compare to production at the Corsicana oilfields
100000 barrels to 60000 barrels
What problems were addressed by regulations on the oil industry
Groundwater effects and fires
Sand blow
Mild storm
Black blizzard
Major storm decreasing visibility to zero
How did weather conditions in the 1930s help bring about the DB
Severe drought and heavy winds
Ruler with complete power over a country
Dictator
Isolationist
Wants to stay out of affairs with other countries
Scrim manses submarine that sunk 16 ships- Medal of Honor
Samuel dealey
Destroyed two German machine gun nest- Medal of Honor and Purple Heart
Macario Garcia
Interment
Confined aliens during war
How many prisoners were held in Texas
80,000
Eisenhower and Nimitz similarities
Led major attacks
Born in Texas
Been with army a long time
Victorious
Vaqueros
Cowboy
Lariat a
Long ropes with a nose at one end
Quarantine
Isolate or separate to prevent disease
Drovers
Person who moved livestock to market
Remuda
Spare horses
Mustang
Wild horse
Illinois cattle rancher who started abiline trail
Josep McCoy
Goodnight trail
Charles Goodnight
Chicago investor ranch in panhandle that was barbwired
XIT ranch
Dragoons
Mounted rangers
Guerrilla
Soldiers who aren’t part of the regular army
Desperadoes
Outlaws
Leader of rangers during battles aginst Indians
John coffee jack hays
Fought Indians and ended disorder along the border
Frontier battalion
Led against cortinas men- lost men after entering illegally into Mexico
Leander McNelly
How did rangers help in war
Fought
Provided mules
Fought guerrillas
Protected army supply lined
Characteristics of rangers
Skilled horse men
Expert marksmen
Trackers